Jeannette Rankin speaking in Congress (1918)
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For seventy years, the women leaders of this country have been asking the government to recognize this possibility. Every great woman who stands out in our history-Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Clara Barton, Mary Livermore, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frances Willard, Lucy Stone, Jane Addams, Ella Flagg Young, Alice Stone Blackwell, Anna Howard Shaw, Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt-all have asked the government to permit women to serve more effectively the national welfare. All have felt that the energy, the thought, and the suffering that was spent in trying to obtain permission to serve directly should as quickly as possible be turned to the actual service.

— Jeannette Rankin speaking

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "For seventy years, the women leaders of this country have been asking the government to recognize this possibility. Every great woman who stands out in our history-Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Clara Barton, Mary Livermore, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frances Willard, Lucy Stone, Jane Addams, Ella Flagg Young, Alice Stone Blackwell, Anna Howard Shaw, Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt-all have asked the government to permit women to serve more effectively the national welfare. All have felt that the energy, the thought, and the suffering that was spent in trying to obtain permission to serve directly should as quickly as possible be turned to the actual service." in the context of "Jeannette Rankin speaking in Congress (1918)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Alice Stone Blackwell

About Alice Stone Blackwell

Alice Stone Blackwell (September 14, 1857 – March 15, 1950) was a feminist, suffragist, journalist, radical socialist, and human rights advocate who lived in the USA. Her parents were Lucy Stone and Henry Browne Blackwell.