Stunned, talking in low, indignant tones, we moved slowly out of the East Room and returned to our Headquarters. There we discussed the situation. We saw that the President would do nothing for some time, perhaps not until the eve of the Presidential election in 1920. He said we must concert public opinion. But how? For half a century women had been walking the hard way of the lobbyist. We had had speeches, meetings, parades, campaigns, organization. What new method could we devise?
PART THREE
1917
I
THE PERPETUAL DELEGATION
ON THE PICKET LINE
The avenue is misty gray,
And here beside the guarded gate
We hold our golden blowing flags