Flora Tristan

“The woman is the proletarian of the proletarian.”

“All the ills of the working class are summed up in these two words: poverty and ignorance.”

“The emancipation of the workers will be the work of the workers themselves.”

“Recognize that the law that enslaves women and deprives them of education oppresses you, the proletarian men.”

“To you, workers who are the living illustration of inequality and injustice, it is up to you to establish the reign of justice and absolute equality between man and woman on earth.”

“Until now, the woman has counted for nothing in human societies. What has been the result? That the priest, the legislator, the philosopher have treated her as a true pariah.”

“Liberty, this desired good, this cherished hope for all those who suffer, is a chimera for the proletarian if he has no bread.”

“I have nearly the whole world against me. Men because I demand the emancipation of women, proprietors because I demand the emancipation of wage-earners.”

“You who feel the blows of oppression, you who are weak, you who weep, unite! Unite! Let us unite!”