Spirit
Next stop, ACTIVITY TALK AND ORGANIZE! Hooray! This is America! The land where I can fight for anything!
“I do not believe that
women are better than men. We have not wrecked railroads, nor corrupted
legislature, nor done many unholy things that men have done; but then we must
remember that we have not had the chance.” – Jane Addams
America
has always been in development. However,
within it a deep virus of oppression and discrimination festers. Male chauvinism existed in America
and women did not share the same rights and opportunities as men. For example, they couldn’t vote and their
wages were drastically lower.
Activists worked toward the ideal of equality. Jane Addams was an activist for women’s
suffrage, a supporter of poverty stricken city-dwellers in Chicago,
and worked toward peace in Europe shortly before World
War disaster. The spirit of America
is ordinary folk like Jane Addams who actively participated in political and
especially the community. With the
efforts of activists (the concrete cure), the standard of living improved for
women.
Up comes the Blade of America!
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