- Henceforth the leaves of the tree of knowledge were for women, and for the healing of the nations.... Lucy Stone {view}
- But, whatever the reason, the idea was born that women could and should be educated. It lifted a mountain load from woman. It shattered the idea, everywhere pervasive as the atmosphere, that women were incapable of education, and would be less womanly, less desirable in every way, if they had it.... Lucy Stone {view}