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Bread and Roses
BREAD AND ROSES BY JAMES OPPENHEIMER
AS WE COME MARCHING, MARCHING, WE BRING THE
GREATER DAYS –
THE RISING OF THE WOMEN MEANS THE RISING OF
THE RACE –
NO MORE THE DRUDGE AND IDLER – TEN THAT TOIL
WHERE ONE REPOSES –
BUT A SHARING OF LIFE'S…
AS WE COME MARCHING, MARCHING, WE BRING THE
GREATER DAYS –
THE RISING OF THE WOMEN MEANS THE RISING OF
THE RACE –
NO MORE THE DRUDGE AND IDLER – TEN THAT TOIL
WHERE ONE REPOSES –
BUT A SHARING OF LIFE'S…
The Awakening
THE AWAKENING.
SHE'S AWAKENED,
SHE IS ANSWERING
TO THE CALL OF ALL
MANKIND;
THEN ANNUL THE LAWS
THAT BIND HER,
AND THE CUSTOMS
THAT RESTRICT HER,
DENY HER NOT
THE GREATER SERVICE,
FOR THE CHILD
THE HOME, THE STATE.
Copyright 1912, and…
SHE'S AWAKENED,
SHE IS ANSWERING
TO THE CALL OF ALL
MANKIND;
THEN ANNUL THE LAWS
THAT BIND HER,
AND THE CUSTOMS
THAT RESTRICT HER,
DENY HER NOT
THE GREATER SERVICE,
FOR THE CHILD
THE HOME, THE STATE.
Copyright 1912, and…
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