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Frederick Douglass -Source-The Art Institute of Chicago -Date-1847-52 |Author-Samuel J. Miller; American, 1822-1888&nbsp;
Frederick Douglass stood up to speak in favor of women&rsquo;s right to vote.
In 1848, Douglass was the only African American to attend the first women&rsquo;s right&rsquo;s&nbsp;convention,&nbsp;Many of those present opposed the idea, including influential Quakers.&nbsp;Douglass stood and spoke eloquently in favor; he said that he could not accept the right to vote as a black man if women could not also claim that right. He suggested that the world would be a better place if women were involved in the political sphere.

&ldquo;In this denial of the right to participate in government, not merely the degradation of woman and the perpetuation of a great injustice happens, but the maiming and repudiation of one-half of the moral and intellectual power of the government of the world.&rdquo;

Douglass&rsquo; powerful words rang true with enough attendees that the resolution passed.
