I am inclined to think, when we are admitted to the honor of studying Greek and Hebrew, we shall produce some various readings of the Bible a little different from those we now have. No one can desire more earnestly than I do, that woman may move exactly in the sphere which her Creator has assigned her and I believe her having been displaced from that sphere has introduced confusion into the world.The New Testament has been referred to, and I am willing to abide by its decision, but must enter my protest against the false translation of some passages by the MEN who did that work, and against the perverted interpretation by the MEN who undertook to write commentaries thereon. THE PASTORAL LETTER OF THE GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF CONGREGATIONAL MINISTERS OF MASSACHUSETTS. I thank him for ranking us with the oppressed for I shall not find it difficult to show, that in all ages and countries, not even excepting enlightened republican America, woman has more or less been made a means to promote the welfare of man, without due regard to her own happiness, and the glory of God as the end of her creation. Woman has been placed by John Quincy Adams, side by side with the slave, whilst he was contending for the right side of petition. In this famous tract, Gimke defended the right of women to speak in public in defense of a moral cause. She was one of the first women to speak against slavery and for the equality of women. Letters on the Equality of the Sexes, and the Condition of Woman
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