SPEAKING, IN NOTHING BUT HUMAN LIBERTY.
On College Day, thirteen colleges were represented, the biggest group from Goucher College, Baltimore. Then came Teachers’ Day; Patriotic Day, and Lincoln Day. On Patriotic Day, one of the banners read:
DENMARK ON THE VERGE OF WAR GAVE WOMEN THE VOTE.
WHY NOT GIVE IT TO AMERICAN WOMEN NOW?
On Lincoln Day, they said:
WHY ARE YOU BEHIND LINCOLN?
AFTER THE CIVIL WAR WOMEN ASKED FOR POLITICAL FREEDOM.
THEY WERE TOLD TO WAIT—THIS WAS THE NEGRO’S HOUR.
IN 1917, AMERICAN WOMEN STILL ASK FOR FREEDOM.
WILL YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, TELL THEM TO WAIT—THAT THIS IS THE PORTO RICAN’S HOUR?