And it was other Americans exercising the right to form unions. To create political parties. To build women s organizations. To organize churches and civic groups. That s what the Progressive Movement was all about.
Democracy is something that grows from the ground up.
Theodore Roosevelt understood that long before any of us. And it wasn t free trade that won women the right to vote or beat Jim Crow. It was the commitment and the sacrifice of the suffragettes and civil rights leaders. It was the Elizabeth Cady Stantons. The A. Philip Randolphs.