Those persons who would persuade us that this fact has no application to our sex, must count on our not knowing that 82 per cent. They must count on our not knowing that since the extension of the male franchise the wages of men have gone up, and the wages of women have gone down. They must count on our not knowing that since the extension of the male franchise the wages of men have gone up, and the wages of women have gone down. They must count on our not knowing that the average wage for working woman is 7s. To the honour of our sex these facts have only Way Stations page 33 had to be known to the better-off women in order to inspire many of them with a sense of responsibility towards their less fortunate sisters.
Women are at last learning to look to women for help.
I will admit that I think it is a better and a more civilised combination when men and women labour together for the same ends. But that ultimate co-operation will come the more easily and more honourably, after we have learnt how strong we are when women support women. We see every day now the thing that we were told would never happen. We see women of different education, different fortunes and associations all pulling together, all working with enthusiasm for a common end. The first thing that struck me about the first person I came to know in the Women's Social and Political Union was, her faith in her co-workers and her hearty admiration of them.