The most stupendous system of organized robbery known has been that of the church towards woman, a robbery that has not only taken her self-respect but all rights of person; the fruits of her own industry; her opportunities of education; the exercise of her judgment, her own conscience, her own will.
Matilda Joslyn Gage (1998). “Woman, church and state: a historical account of the status of woman through the Christian ages, with reminiscences of the matriarchate”, Sky Carrier Pr
