“Yes,” said the men, “but woman’s place is at home. It is not her place to create the conditions that make the home.”
“For how long is the marriage contract?” asked the women.
“Forever,” said the men. Then the women said:
“Suppose we should insist upon helping to make the contracts we enter into?”
“It wouldn’t be lawful,” said the men.
“Who makes the laws?” said the women.
“We do,” said the men.
“And do the men make the laws concerning the rights of children?” asked a woman with a babe in her arms, and another at her heels.
“Oh yes,” said the men.
“And the laws concerning a woman’s rights with respect to her own child?”