GINEVRA January 1918
We lived on the headlines those days, those on our war, those on the war.
Suffrage Victory in the House Pleases All but Antis.
“They only want re-election,” Pearl mumbled as we rumbled upon the train taking us to the State House and the silent picket line. Despite the brutality that had happened, we still stood, all in a row, silent as pickets in a fence, just as they still did in Washington. It became more challenging and the temperatures became more brutally cold. We tried to get others who would stand so we should all stand less often, expose ourselves to the climate fewer times. There were times – such as days like these – when my thoughts were very uncharitable to those who refused to stand on the line, women like Mabel and Minnie.
I could not argue with Pearl
