![]() ![]() “So much has woman been abused, and so low has been her station, that we have been taught to look upon woman as man’s inferior – intellectually and morally. “The wheel of progress, intelligence, and invention is steadily rolling in the land of darkness and ignorance, and in the dawn of the 20 th century, the man or woman who has brains and uses them is the man or woman who succeeds.” Traps for Women, date unknown (pre-1909). “The elevation of woman to her proper and rightful place in the scale of life has been the slowest work of the centuries.” Traps for Women (public speech, pre-1909) Walker, quoted in the Baltimore Afro-American, 1908. ![]() “Richmond has aptly been styled the Athens of the Negro race in America.” “No man in this world can show his love for Jesus, unless he shows it by loving and aiding and helping his fellow man.” “There is no such thing as standing still: you must go up or down: you must increase or diminish: you must grow or decay: you must spread out or shrink up – you can’t stand still.” “Love your race and show it by your practice.” “Since marriage is an equal partnership, I believe that the woman and the man are equal in power.” “Friends, like diamonds, are not picked up every day and he who has just one friend is rich indeed.” "An indiscreet friend is worse than a bitter enemy.” “Love is a plant which never grows and thrives unless it is watched, tenderly nourished, and watered with kind words and loving care – regularly and continuously.” "I was not born with a silver spoon in my mouth, but a clothes basket almost upon my head." Stumbling Blocks, 1907. Woman at the Sepulcher, Washington DC, possibly 1907. “We can do anything just as soon as we learn the lesson of UNITY.” Women at the Sepulcher (public speech, 1907) The Negro Young People’s Christian and Educational Congress, AugWashington DC. Let us trust each other, let us believe in each other and half of the battle is won.” “Faith in God and faith in ourselves can work miracles. The Negro Young People’s Christian and Educational Congress (public speech, 1906) But whenever the sunset of my life does come, it will be with the consciousness that I have striven and toiled night and day, and not alone to build this pile of brick which towers up and around and above us, but with the thought ever pressing upon me, to help provide some means of employment for our women and our children.” “I am only a woman at best in a few short years my sun will have set. “Our white papers, our white pulpits and our legislature preach but one doctrine and that is the doctrine of separation.” The lion of prejudice is ever ready to strike down the Negro.”īenaiah's Valor Address for Men Only, March 1, 1906, Richmond, Virginia. Prejudice is the most unreasonable, the most inhuman, the most un-Christian animal, that stalks upon the face of God’s green earth. The name of this insatiable lion is PREJUDICE. “My friends, there is a lion terrorizing us, preying upon us, and upon every business effort we put forth. Walker, quoted in the Boston Globe, 1903.īenaiah's Valor Address for Men Only (public speech, 1906) We will be carrying on a larger business, and with it will come that respect that must surely come to a progressive people.” The next ten years will show the world a wonderful development among the colored people of the south. We are making good stenographers, saleswomen, milliners and dressmakers. We are teaching them to emulate the best instances of character, intelligence, thrift and industry. We are encouraging our girls to take up the studies which affect commercial branches. What are we doing? We are trying to make the best of housekeepers, the best of nurses, the best of teachers. “Down in the southland we are turning out the best material we can with our present educational machinery. "Time and conditions change so rapidly that unless we keep on the alert, ever working, watching, improving and learning, we will be left behind in the race of progress." Let us put our moneys together let us use our moneys let us put our money out at usury among ourselves, and reap the benefit ourselves."Īddress to the 34th Annual Session of the Right Worthy Grand Council of Virginia, August 20, 1901. "What do we need to still further develop and prosper us, numerically and financially? First we need a savings bank, chartered, officered and run by the men and women of this Order. Maggie Lena Walker Address to the 34th Annual Session of the Right Worthy Grand Council of Virginia (public speech, 1901) ![]()
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