"This position is untenable, and there can be no pause in the agitation for full political power and responsibility until these are granted to all the women of the nation."

Power, Women, Agitation, Nation

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"This position is untenable, and there can be no pause in the agitation for full political power and responsibility until these are granted to all the women of the nation."

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"The workingmen have perceived that women are in the field of industry to stay; and they see, too, that there can not be two standards of work and wages for any trade without constant menace to the higher standard."

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"This position is untenable, and there can be no pause in the agitation for full political power and responsibility until these are granted to all the women of the nation."

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