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Luisa Capetillo

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“la mujer es apta para todo.”
Luisa Capetillo (1879–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Estudiemos y preparemos nuestra generación para las luchas futuras, que se avecinan.”
Luisa Capetillo (1879–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Si la mujer estuviera convenientemente ilustrada, educada y emancipada de formulismos rutinarios, la politica de los pueblos seria distinta”
Luisa Capetillo (1879–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No hay duda que la primera y mejor escuela es el hogar. La mejor y superior maestra para el niño, es, la madre instruida.”
Luisa Capetillo (1879–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Although we are all brothers, some die of hunger and of foodstuffs, clothing and shoes. And with so many naked and bare-while what is useful and necessary rots at the depots and warehouses”
Luisa Capetillo (1879–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My great worry is the problem of poverty…Instead of prisons, I would have schools, art and vocational academies, free trade, free love, the abolition of marriage and the substitution of private property for public property.”
Luisa Capetillo (1879–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Education is the mother of freedom; science is her eldest daughter; and her sisters, tolerance and discretion, with rights and responsibilities.”
Luisa Capetillo (1879–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In the middle of great abundance, and without having studied the social question, I believed that everybody had the right to be clean and clothed, to wear shoes, and I didn’t understand why it wasn’t so. I thought everyone knew how to read and write and I was astonished when I saw the opposite”
Luisa Capetillo (1879–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“She’s a woman, not only when she’s powdered and wearing lace and ribbons, just like a man doesn’t stop being a man when he learns to cook, mend, sweep and sew.”
Luisa Capetillo (1879–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Women, by force of will and energy, are quite capable of doing certain jobs that they previously had been denied. This theory is constantly disputed by those who claim women's inferiority due to sexual difference, which, it is said, seems to be an immutable law of nature. But there is nothing more false than to attempt in this way to uphold the permanent superiority of men.”
Luisa Capetillo (1879–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As a general rule, women nowadays dedicate all their energy, all their attention to their appearance; they are not concerned with anything except wearing the latest fashion; they squander all their intelligence in trying to become more beautiful, and not even in any practical way, by some beneficial and hygienic method, like practicing gymnastics, exercising in the fresh air, or swimming every morning. But no, it must be done with ribbons and lace, by cutting their breath short from the excessive use of tight-fitting corsets. And this translates to a waste of time, health, and money.”
Luisa Capetillo (1879–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“a true beauty, real and lasting, [is] achieved by a healthy diet, without eating meat or drinking alcoholic beverages, by practicing gymnastics and taking walks in the open air, not a fictitious beauty such as that of adornment, without which, she is no longer herself.”
Luisa Capetillo (1879–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For women it is generally admitted that her sexual life is null or subordinate to that of the companion-legal or otherwise-that she has chosen. She should live and feel for him; be passionate if he is, and maintain herself neutral if he is cold. Until now a man has considered sensual desire as something that pertains to him, not recognizing in women a moral and physical self organized like him.”
Luisa Capetillo (1879–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The only thing we want to put forth is that women must acquire greater freedom and rights. The current system, with all its errors, is sustained by the ignorance and slavery of women.”
Luisa Capetillo (1879–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Harmony within a marriage greatly influences the education of children, our future citizens. How many times have a mother’s tears, cried in moments of pain and contradiction, powerfully influenced her children!”
Luisa Capetillo (1879–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Women must become enlightened or educated, because being enlightened encompasses all the fields of human science: Physiology, Geology, Geography, Chemistry, Physics, Astronomy, Engineering, Agriculture, Geometry, History, Music, and Painting...Education is a beautiful and necessary thing.”
Luisa Capetillo (1879–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If a woman is not instructed and educated will she be able to educate, counsel, and guide her children suitably? No. And this is an important matter that should interest women, the home being the first and most necessary of schools. Whatever the child sees the mother do or say is what the child will observe and learn.”
Luisa Capetillo (1879–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Education means cultivating patience, tolerance, a sweet disposition, harmony, abnegation, and temperateness. Anyone who cultivates these virtues is truly educated.”
Luisa Capetillo (1879–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“How many girls pay for the tantrums, jealousies or vexations of their mothers, who act without any justifying motive, only because they need to blow off steam and they can’t do it in front of their husbands.”
Luisa Capetillo (1879–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“yo entiendo que lo que otros consideran utópico, és en mi concepto realizable.”
Luisa Capetillo (1879–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“¿Qué conceptos tenemos de los que se oponen a todas las ideas de igualdad y libertad humana? La de traidores y judas del Maestro. Todos los que juzgan una idea llevada á la práctica, utópica, son obstáculos, y los obstáculos deben empujarse á un lado. Son los que entorpecen las grandes iniciativas, las obras de bien. Y aun así, se llaman patriotas y padres de la patria. ¿Qué concepto de la patria tendrán? Un concepto egoista, que empieza en ellos y termina en ellos. Ellos lo son todo.”
Luisa Capetillo (1879–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No hay nada más perjudicial al éxito de una empresa, que la timidez, el apocamiento, la duda. Una especie de cobardía, que creo que solamente la poséen los vagos. No creo nada imposible; ni me asombro de ningún invento ni descubrimiento, por eso no encuentro utópica ninguna idea. Lo esencial es llevarla á la práctica. Empezar! Lo demás, es debilidad, y un concepto errado del poder humano. ¡Querer es poder!”
Luisa Capetillo (1879–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“El actual sistema social, con todos sus errores, se sostiene, por la ignorancia y la esclavitud de la mujer.”
Luisa Capetillo (1879–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“unas manos útiles son preferibles á unas simplemente bellas.”
Luisa Capetillo (1879–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No me explico por qu el hombre cr e tener siempre derechos sobre la mujer.”
Luisa Capetillo (1879–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“El hombre acostumbrado á ver en la mujer un objeto de placer olvida que está destinada á sor madre y maestra de una nueva generación”
Luisa Capetillo (1879–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“En un sistema social comunista en que los individuos tengan derecho sobre todo lo que produce la naturaleza y el ingenio de todos, podrá haber más libertad, y el hombre podrá crear una familia sin preocupaciones económicas ni sociales. Pero aún no hemos llegado á esa época, no tardará en ser establecido entre los humanos, ese hermoso procedimiento común.”
Luisa Capetillo (1879–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Individuos de ambos sexos hemos caído en el error de creer que solamente el hombre tiene derecho á usar su libertad del modo que le plazca.”
Luisa Capetillo (1879–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Es indispensable que la "Igualdad" deje de ser una vana frase muy usada, que los derechos de ambos sean iguales.”
Luisa Capetillo (1879–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“En vez de ir á oir misa, visitas los pobres y socórrelos, que podrás hacerlo: en vez de confesarte y comulgar, visita los presos, y llévales consuelos, algo que los instruya. No olvides que los abundan en cárceles y presidios son los pobres y los ignorantes, las víctimas de siempre de todas las explotaciones.”
Luisa Capetillo (1879–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Las instituciones religiosas, han ayudado á fomentar esos privilegios y división de clases. Si los trabajadores en general por medio de la instrucción no logran destruir los privilegios de castas, razas, gerarquías, y miles de majaderías, que nos perjudican como seres humanos. Entonces la revolución lo hará. Muchos le temen á la revolución. Pero no hay como pertenecer á ella, para que el miedo se evapore. Las cosas vistas desde lejos, producen distinto efecto. De cerca, se llegan á palpar, y desaparece lo que se llama efectos de distancia y también de apreciación.”
Luisa Capetillo (1879–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Debemos explicarlos las cosas materiales como son, sin añadir ni disminuir. La verdad debe ser la base fundamental para la educación de la niñez Y los padres tienen la obligación de no engañar á sus hijos, y enseñarlos á no engañar á los demás.”
Luisa Capetillo (1879–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Los padres deben dirigir y educar al niño, pero no castigarlo. Es un error creer que es una forma de educar el maltratarlos y atormentarlos.”
Luisa Capetillo (1879–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Socialista soy, porque aspiro á que todos los adelantos, descubrimientos é invenciones establecidos, pertenezcan á todos, que se establezca su socialización sin privilegios. Algunos lo entienden con el Estado, para que este regule la marcha, yo lo entiendo sin gobierno No quiero decir que me opongo á que el gobierno regule y controle las riquezas, como lo hará, pero yo mantengo mi opinión de sentirme partidaria decidida del no gobierno. Socialismo ácrata. Bien yo aquí afirmo y declaro solemnemente, que para ser socialista es necesario haber analizado y comprendido la Psicología.”
Luisa Capetillo (1879–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I refuse to accept the assertion of any historian who erroneously believes that women have no right to use their freedom without being considered corrupt or immoral, while men have been able to do whatever they want and indulge the most absurd and ridiculous whims, without being judged, repudiated or prevented from going where they choose, with no concern about not being paid attention to, respected or sought after. We are going to put an end to those unequal laws-where the few have a lot and the many have a little-in order to finally secure peace for the just and achieve the truth and justice that our sex deserves.”
Luisa Capetillo (1879–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Could there exist true happiness in a marriage when the man is the only one who can regularly exercise his free will and satisfy his desires, without caring whether or not his wife agrees? Accustomed to the passive obedience of women, he does not bother to find out whether or not she is satisfied with his conduct. And if she is not, he does not attempt to please her, nor to adapt his conduct to a new way of life. How can the holy priestess of the hearth preserve the sacred fire of love in the home when she has to officiate alone? Where is the principal object of her devotion? Look for him outside the home at those times when he should be at the side of his companion. Will a solid foundation for domestic happiness be established by this behavior? No. Men have the right to do or undo, without his companion. He goes to a masked ball or not, to the casino, to gamble, or chases other women.... and meanwhile, poor woman! A sad scenario for domestic bliss! She is subjected to a sad solitude for days and nights on end, orphaned of love, of sweet attentions and joys while the above-mentioned companion gambles, dances... or falls in love.”
Luisa Capetillo (1879–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There are many women who think that being a mother means contradicting a child, and later they beat them, and order them about for the sake of giving orders, to see herself obeyed, ordering the child not to run, not to jump, not to yell, in sum, a whole bunch of ignorant things, the truth is, to prohibit a child from doing all this is to prohibit them from being healthy. They act like this with girls precisely because they are girls, as if a girl's organism did not have to develop, so that they can grow up beautiful and strong, and not scrawny and pale, nor become mothers full of pains and ailments. They think that being a mother authorizes them to mistreat and order the children at whim, and oblige them to do things against their will, that is an error.”
Luisa Capetillo (1879–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Todos los que apoyan, y continúan explotando, son los que sostienen el estado de miseria del pueblo y por tanto son los sostenedores de las cárceles, presidios ó mejor dicho los creadores de ladrones. de asesinos, de locos y fanáticos religiosos y políticos. Porque si no fuera por temor á la miseria, no habría fanáticos, políticos y religiosos. El temor á la miseria ó la miseria misma hace cometer torpezas, que degeneran en crímenes, injusticias y locuras, por los cuales tenemos cárceles y manicomios desigualdades é injusticias. La Revolución Social, será la que hará desaparecer tantas iniquidades. Y la revolución surgirá por la propaganda y el estudio é investigación científica. Y la propaganda la hacemos los libertarios y el estudio está al alcance de todos. Estudiemos y preparemos nuestra generación para las luchas futuras, que se avecinan.”
Luisa Capetillo (1879–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Cuando se reforme esta sociedad indiferente y egoísta por la futura, fraternal y altruista, entonces, cuando no se cometan injusticias, cuando no se castiguen inocentes, cuando los jueces no exijan "la verdad, toda la verdad, y nada más que la verdad", siendo los primeros embusteros. Cuando no haya quien robe un bollo de pon, porque carezca de él, Cuando no exista la propiedad privada, y todos nos miremos como hermanos, entonces, y sólo entonces, desaparecerán las cárceles, presidios y las inútiles y perniciosas iglesias. No habrá miseria, odio ni prostitución. Existirá el libre cambio, pues estarán abolidas las fronteras y la verdadera libertad reinará en este planeta. Procura tú ayudar con la práctica á la realización de estas hermosas ideas humanas para que no perezcan de hambre y de frío, los infelices que no tienen hogar, ni riquezas, en los tristes portales de alguna cochera ó pesebre, ó de algún palacio....iqué irrisión! ¡Qué humanidad! á dos pasos de opípara mesa y de ricos y abundantes abrigos, perecer de hambre y de frío. Cerca de la prodigalidad y el despilfarro, el hambre, el dolor... pobres niños víctimas de la miseria... Parece un sueño, ó cuento y es una realidad, que asombra... ¡Qué horror! !qué falsos son los cimientos de esta llamado sociedad, que está basada en el crímen, el error, y la hipocresía.”
Luisa Capetillo (1879–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“El socialismo está en el luminoso cristianismo que socavó los cimientos del poder de los Césares, por la fraternidad. Y la fraternidad universal sera la implantación del socialismo que es abnegación, dulzura, modestia, templanza, > Seguros escalones que conducen á la perfección humana, para la libertad y el progreso espiritual indefinido aun por la pluralidad de mundos habitados superiores. Instruyámonos para purificarnos. eduquemos nuestra voluntad para el ejercicio del bien, y dejemos consumir bajo el influjo de la razón, el fuego de la pasiones, en holocausto á la emancipación humana, para la persecución del progreso espiritual.”
Luisa Capetillo (1879–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source