Rude contact with facts chased my visions and dreams quickly away, and in their stead I beheld the horrors, the corruption, the evils and hypocrisy of society, and as I stood among them, a young wife, a great wail of agony went out from my soul. 724
I come before you to declare that my sex are entitled to the inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. 647
I ask the rights to pursue happiness by having a voice in that government to which I am accountable. 655
