13 Quotes & Sayings By Lydia M Child

Lydia M. Child, born in New York City in 1802, was one of the most influential early feminists in America. She was a prolific writer whose articles on women's rights appeared in national magazines in the 1840s and '50s. Child was a proponent of education for women, and she founded two schools for girls, one of which later became Barnard College Read more

She also dominated the early Ladies' National Association, which promoted women's causes, including education for girls. Child was an important figure in the history of American feminism, and is still remembered today as the founder of what came to be called "the Women's Movement."

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None speak of the bravery, the might, or the intellect of Jesus; but the devil is always imagined as a being of acute intellect, political cunning, and the fiercest courage. These universal and instinctive tendencies of the human mind reveal much. Lydia M. Child
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You will find yourself refreshed by the presence of cheerful people. Why not make earnest effort to confer that pleasure on others?... Half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy. Lydia M. Child
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Pillars are fallen at thy feet Fanes quiver in the air A prostrate city is thy seat And thou alone art there. Lydia M. Child
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The cure for all ills and wrongs the cares the sorrows and the crimes of humanity all lie in the one word 'love.' It is the divine vitality that everywhere produces and restores life. Lydia M. Child
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No music is so pleasant to my ears as that word-father. Lydia M. Child
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An effort made for the happiness of others lifts us above ourselves. Lydia M. Child
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Every human being has like Socrates an attendant spirit and wise are they who obey its signals. If it does not always tell us what to do it always cautions us what not to do. Lydia M. Child
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A comfortable old age is the reward of a well-spent youth. Instead of its bringing sad and melancholy prospects of decay it would give us hopes of eternal youth in a better world. Lydia M. Child
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The cure for all the ills and wrongs, the cares, the sorrows, and the crimes of humanity, all lie in the one word 'love'. It is the divine vitality that everywhere produces and restores life. Lydia M. Child
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An effort made for the happiness of others lifts above ourselves. Lydia M. Child
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Belief in oneself is one of the most important bricks in building any successful venture. Lydia M. Child
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Home - that blessed word, which opens to the human heart the most perfect glimpse of Heaven, and helps to carry it thither, as on an angel's wings. Lydia M. Child