that they are more philanthropic and responsive toward the
needy and suffering, that they are inflexibly opposed to war and are
lovers of peace. Strive that the ideal of international peace may become
realized through the efforts of womankind, for man is more inclined to war
than woman, and a real evidence of woman's superiority will be her service
and efficiency in the establishment of universal peace.

("The Promulgation of Universal Peace: Talks Delivered by 'Abdu'l-Baha
during His Visit to the United States and Canada in 1912", p. 284) [85]

86: ...imbued with the same virtues as man, rising through all the degrees
of human...

...imbued with the same virtues as man, rising through all the degrees of
human attainment, women will become the peers of men, and until this
equality is established, true progress and attainment for the human race
will not be facilitated.

The evident reasons underlying this are as follows: Woman by nature is
opposed to war; she is an advocate of peace. Children are reared and
brought up by the mothers who give them the first principles of education
and labor assiduously in their behalf. Consider, for instance, a mother
who has tenderly reared a son for twenty years to the age of maturity.
Surely she will not consent to having that son torn asunder and killed in
the field of battle. Therefore, as woman advances toward the degree of man
in power and privilege, with the right of vote and control in human
government, most assuredly war will cease; for woman is naturally the most
devoted and staunch advocate of international peace.

("The Promulgation of Universal Peace: Talks Delivered by 'Abdu'l-Baha
during His Visit to the United States and Canada in 1912", p. 375) [86]

87: According to the spirit of this age, women must advance and fulfill
their...

According to the spirit of this age, women must advance and fulfill their
mission in all departments of life, becoming equal to men. They must be on
the same level as men and enjoy equal rights. This is my earnest prayer
and it is one of the fundamental principles of Baha'u'llah.

(J. E. Esslemont, "Baha'u'llah and the New Era", p. 147) [87]

88: ...The woman is indeed of the greater importance to the race. She has
the...

...The woman is indeed of the greater importance to the race. She has the
greater burden and the greater work. Look at the vegetable and the animal
worlds. The palm which carries the fruit is the