Antoinette Brown Blackwell
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"Antoinette Louisa Brown", later "Antoinette Brown Blackwell", was the first woman to be ordained as a mainstream protestant minister in the United States. She was a well-versed public speaker on the paramount issues of her time, and distinguished herself from her contemporaries with her use of religious faith in her efforts to expand women's rights.

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Nature is just enough; but men and women must comprehend and accept her suggestions.

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A woman finds the natural lay of the land almost unconsciously; and not feeling it incumbent on her to be guide and philosopher to any successor, she takes little pains to mark the route by which she is making her ascent.

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The sexes in each species of being . . . are always true equivalents -- equals but not identical.

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