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Votes for Women!
[Image: A girl wearing a hat and dress is reaching up towards a chalkboard. Behind her is a doll and carriage. Next to her are two buckets. On the chalkboard is a drawing of the Statue of Liberty, labelled “Liberty. A drawing of a hangman is labelled…
WOMAN'S HOUR.
NOT FOR HERSELF! THOUGH SWEET THE AIR OF FREEDOM:
NOT FOR HERSELF! THOUGH DEAR THE NEWBORN POWER;
BUT FOR THE CHILD WHO NEEDS A NOBLER MOTHER,
FOR THE WHOLE PEOPLE NEEDING ONE ANOTHER,
COMES WOMAN TO HER HOUR.
WORDS BY CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN
NOT FOR HERSELF! THOUGH DEAR THE NEWBORN POWER;
BUT FOR THE CHILD WHO NEEDS A NOBLER MOTHER,
FOR THE WHOLE PEOPLE NEEDING ONE ANOTHER,
COMES WOMAN TO HER HOUR.
WORDS BY CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN