Within Maria W. Stewart's speech, "Why Sit Here and Die" there are many ways that racial and gender discrimination are related. Stewart says, "Few white persons of either sex, who are calculated for any thing else, are willing to spend their lives and bury their talents in performing mean, servile labor." The message behind this quote speaks volume, Stewart believes that white people both male and female know that they are worth more than hard labor that they (African American's) were having to put up with. Stewart also said, "I have asked several individuals of my sex ... if providing our girls were to give them the most satisfactory references, they would not be willing to grant them an equal opportunity with others? Their reply has been
