The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-09-07
The Feminist Movement.

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OnrE4a Chapman Catt has said: TN
EhO rfnstser4h century woman dis
oUVged hsrBelfI IN the twentieth CEN
Aury sh@ discovered tho other woman"
Together The Woman and The
oeAmw Woman are going forward,
hand IN hand, towards the heights
&ng man behind them They are not
following after him They are keep
4ng step with him, in q wonderful
Oomradeahip Of purpose and aim.
The feminist movement is the great
swt movement me world has ever
known. The name. which was given
almost in derlsion, has become con-
secrated By the wonderful outpouring
OF loyalty and love that has emanated
from me great fountafnheAd OF Truth.
without which any movement is void
OF body or spirit.
The demand for equal suffrage is
only q part Of this marvellous growth
of an ideal It Is only the natural
been steadily charging, until It has
at last broken through the hard ground
of prejudice, shaken off the clods Of
convention. rid itself of the tangles Of
tradition, and suddenly lowered into
millions of beautiful blossoms which
are yet to bring forth a wonderful
fruitage, the seeds OF which will in
turn be planted and cultivated, until
the reproduction shall be the wonder
of all the ages.
Its traducers look upon the fernin-
list movement as a fad. Its leaders
look upon It as work given them for
the conservation of the race It is
not a question of sex, or OF sentI-
mont. 1t is q result. Tho natural in
evitable consequence OF enIighten-
ment.
The educated woman must think
Her mind has been trained to use
Her ears are keen to catch the sound
OF marching feet on tho way to take
their place IN the ranks Of the worlds
WOFkGrA
Her eyes are quick to see the hard
road. winding up and up, along which
the hosts OF the world are sweeping
An O nSver-ending succession, sor-
rowing. Toying, singing, laughing. but
ever and always upword and onward
d oourageouS-and most pitifuL In
that great army she sees men, strong,
brave, valiant, but struggling under
an overwhelming load. She sees wo-
men crowned with motherhood wo-
men fr1endless but fearless, children,
HfetIe, little children, fraIl and weeping,
trying In vain to keep up with this
wonderful march OF the centuries.
And so she has gone out, to become
one OF this vast army. marching to-
ward the heights. She has gone out
to stand side by side with the men
who are burdened. To follow, with
a divine understanding. the wives and
mothers and the young, young girls.
and with a brooding love. TO watch
above the children. and to become
a part of the march OF progress
The thousands and thousands Of her
cry to other thousands and thousands.
who either in their happiness or their
despair have been dulled In perception. +
until they cannot see the webs that
have been spun about their feet. to
hamper in the onward march:
Courage We are COMING. We /
are marching under the colors that /
stand for peace and plenty. We are
coming! coming! coming.-to Join you, |
TO sorrow with you, to Joy with you.
to help you!
Step by step, side by side, we are f.
seeking a weapon for you-the only |
weapon that can help you-the bal /
lot.
And then, when we have found it. |
we shall all go forward together. /
slowly perhaps. but surely, until at |
the last we shall come out into the /
perfect day-Celia Ayrover Robin
son.