Kelley responds to an argument advanced by many, namely, that public opinion is against having women speak in public. “I would appeal to common sense, whether public opinion is a safe guard? Has not this same despot, ruling with an iron sceptre, legalized every sin? Farewell then, public opinion …. thou art an unsafe and bad teacher. ” (Liberator, March 27, 1840)
Abby Kelley on the “Woman Question”
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