Martha H. Tingey on Human Potential

Martha H. Tingey

Martha H. Tingey

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Why is it today there is so much broader a view taken of woman’s position than before? Because woman herself is beginning to feel that she is an enlightened, responsible being, with a mind capable of the highest intelligence, with talents that it is her duty to develop and use for the advancement and elevation of the human family. This feeling is gradually but steadily growing; it is being felt throughout the world and it will continue to grow until it becomes a power in the earth. All honor to the noble women of this Congress, who have stood firm in the face of severe opposition, bitter scorn ofttimes, and dared to maintain their convictions of truth and right. May their number increase, and their influence be felt until it reaches every nook and corner of the inhabitable globe.

“Address of Mrs. Mattie Horne Tingey: Delivered in the Woman’s Congress at Chicago, during the Services of the Y.L.M.I.A.,” Young Woman’s Journal 4, no. 12, pages 547-549, Salt Lake City: Young Ladies’ Mutual Improvement Associations of Zion, 1893.09

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