Feminism and the Law

[Fred Shapiro]

On Mon, 16 Jun 2003, Baker, John wrote:

>         According to some web pages, Lucretia Mott used the line in a
> lecture on December 17, 1849, but was herself quoting from an earlier
> lawbook.  Here's the relevant passage, from
> http://irw.rutgers.edu/research/ugresearch/international/mott.html:

I had already seen this, and intend to look in the Walker book that Mott
seems to be quoting.

Fred Shapiro


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