WOMEN, JUST VOTE (PLEASE)

 

By the power of

Blue, Red and White

I swear to ignite

The passions of we women

Asking you to vote

In memory of our mothers

Force-fed, beaten, jailed

So we can be

The antidote

For apathy

Repeat after me

The names of

Those heroic women

Who suffered for us:

Susan B. Anthony

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Carrie Chapman Catt

And the lesser-remembered

Sojourner Truth

Ida B. Wells

Mary Church Terrell

Stay strong

Like the roots of the swamps

The steel of the cities

The raging waves of the oceans

Stay strong and

Vote…

 

© 2020, 2024 Clarissa Simmens (ViataMaja)

IMAGE: Records of the National Woman’s Party