Abolitionism

🇺🇸William Lloyd Garrison

Journalism

abolitionism

1805–1879

"The success of any great moral enterprise does not depend upon numbers."

🇺🇸Albert Barnes

Science

1798–1870

"Such was God's original love for man, that He was willing to stoop to any sacrifice to save him; and the gift of a Saviour was the mere expression of that love."

🇺🇸Sojourner Truth

Social Activism

1797–1883

"Narrative of Sojourner Truth, a Northern Slave, Emancipated from Bodily Servitude by the State of New York, in 1828"

🇺🇸Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Literature

feminism

1815–1902

"In entering upon the great work before us, we anticipate no small amount of misconception, misrepresentation, and ridicule; but we shall use every instrumentality within our power to effect our object."

🇺🇸Harriet Tubman

Social Activism

1822–1913

"I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can't say — I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger."

🇫🇷Olympe de Gouges

Politics

1748–1793

"Article 1. Woman is born free and lives equal to man in her rights. Social distinctions can be based only on the common utility."