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Elizabeth Cady Stanton

We are the only class in history that has been left to fight its battles alone, unaided by the ruling powers. White labor and the freed black men had their champions, but where are ours?

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton is saying that unlike other groups in history who had powerful supporters to help them, her group has had to struggle without any help from those in authority. She points out that while white workers and freed black men had advocates fighting for their rights, her group has been left without anyone to champion their cause.

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