"She was absolutely resolved to continue putting questions to all the men who wanted to govern her without her consent." ~ Jennifer Chiaverini
from The Women's March: A Novel of the 1913 Woman Suffrage Procession.
"As things change they remain the same." ~ Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr
Some white women (mostly Southern racists, but not all) were refusing to march in the procession if Negro ladies were allowed to march with them. A colored woman doctor was not to be allowed to march with white women doctors? Why not? Those bigots wanted any black marchers to be delegated to one section at the end of the procession.
(A memory post from my Facebook Timeline. I am deleting the memories when they come up. Do not remember if I wrote about the book here or at Goodreads. My comment was longer ~ about the women in today's world who would deny other females the right to take a morning after pill, or have a D & C after miscarriage.)
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