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"Yes, ye lordly, ye haughty sex, our souls are by nature equal to yours; the same breath of God animates, enlivens, and invigorates us; and that we are not fallen lower than yourselves"(Murray 1061) , a patriot and a feminist, was educated in the classics with her ....

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.... her belief that if woman had enough respect for themselves as people, they would not see marriage as a haven or as a way to gain respectability. I'm not saying that Murray didn't believe in marriage; quite the contrary she believed strongly in the bond of marriage. It was her belief that an educated woman would make a better wife. Her second husband was John Murray, the minister responsible for transporting the Universalist religion fron England to America. They traveled and worked together to establish the new religion here. Murray's husband advocated education for women and encouraged her to continue her endeavors after their marriage; subsequentl ....