Again, I shall be told that the law presumes the husband to be kind, affectionate, and ready to provide for and protect his wife. But what right, I ask, has the law to presume at all on the subject?

Anthony arranged a farewell party for them and the couple received many gifts from friends and admirers including a substantial amount of money. The mother must possess these high and noble qualities or Ernestine Rose never can impart them to her offspring.

Ernestine Louise Rose (January 13 1810 – August 4 1892) was an atheist feminist individualist feminist and abolitionist.