"To throw obstacles in the way of a complete education is like putting out the eyes." ― Elizabeth Cady Stanton Topic(s): Education More From Elizabeth Cady Stanton "The history of the past is but one long struggle upward to equality." "The prolonged slavery of women is the darkest page in human history." "The best protection any woman can have… is courage." More In Education "Likewise, education can direct people toward good or evil ends. When education is based on a fundamentally distorted worldview, the results are horrific."― Daisaku Ikeda "A mother’s ability to provide for her children is not always tied to income, but rather to education."― Cat Cora "Anyone who has passed though the regular gradations of a classical education, and is not made a fool by it, may consider himself as having had a very narrow escape."― William Hazlitt