She was impelled to this work by no personal grievance, but solely through a deep sense of the injustice which, on every side, she saw perpetrated against her sex, and which she determined to combat.

Never for one short hour has the cause of woman been forgotten or put aside for any other object.

Never a single tie has been formed, either of affection or business, which would interfere with this supreme purpose.

Never a speech has been given, a trip taken, a visit made, a letter written, in all this half-century, that has not been done directly in the interest of this one object.

There has been no thought of personal comfort, advancement or glory; the self-abnegation, the self-sacrifice, have been absolute--they have been unparalleled.
There has been no desire to emphasize the hardships and unpleasant features, but only to picture in the fewest possible words the many consecutive years of unremitting toil, begun amidst conditions which now seem almost incredible, and continued with sublime courage in the face of calumny and persecution such as can not be imagined by the women of today.