“If women want rights more than they got, why don't they just take them, and not be talking about it.”

—  Sojourner Truth

As quoted in Sojourner Truth : A Self-made Woman (1974) by Victoria Ortiz
Variant: Sisters, I ain't clear what you be after. If women want any rights more than they's got, why don't they just take them, and not be talking about it?

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African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist 1797–1883

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