| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 3745 |
| QUOTATION: | There is not the woman born who desires to eat the bread of dependence, no matter whether it be from the hand of father, husband, or brother; for any one who does so eat her bread places herself in the power of the person from whom she takes it. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906), U.S. suffragist. As quoted in History of Woman Suffrage, vol. 2, ch. 22, by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Matilda Joslyn Gage, and herself (1882).
Speaking at a May 12, 1869, anniversary celebration of the Equal Rights Association, held in New York. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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