"Every inch of freedom
Bought at an expensive price
We owe debt to the past
Let us pay it the future."
Let us continue this
Ellen Walworth
Started this disastrously beautiful fight
To show what women
Were worth.
To be the light
At the end of the
Dark, dark hall
Us women
Have walked down
Ellen Walworth
"Every inch of freedom
Bought at an expensive price
We owe debt to the past
Let us pay it the future."
Let us continue this
Yellow bud blossoming
Into yellow rose
Which we wear upon our shirts
Above our skirts
When they wither
When they die
More seed will come
And the yellow flower
Will blossom in
Other women's hearts
Yellow bud blossoming
"Every inch of freedom
Bought at an expensive price
We owe debt to the past
Let us pay it the future."
Let us continue this.
Iron Jawed Angels
Strong yet beautiful
Standing tall
Like a tree
That never dies
And is very much alive
A name that houses
177,000 living creatures
"Every inch of freedom
Bought at an expensive price
We owe debt to the past
Let us pay it the future."
Let's continue this
The emblem of
Spinning wheel
An emblem
Of the colonial days
And golden stars
For the thirteen
Who voted for women's voice
And beautiful, bright
Flower flax
The emblem of
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For the Daughters
PoetryA poem about the Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.) and the things surrounding them. These ladies worked super hard to give women the right to vote and have a political voice, yet (despite still being a very active community) seem to go v...
