Dedicated to
THE SPLENDID WOMEN OF ALL NATIONS AND ALL AGES WHO HAVE VALIANTLY STRIVEN TOWARD THE BROADER FIELDS OF THOUGHT AND ACTIVITY FOR THEIR SISTERS AND FOR MANKIND AS A WHOLE
EDITOR’S PREFACE
Just now, when the world is going through the most significant period of human history, it is well that woman’s voice be heard above the tumult. For upon woman’s activity may rest the salvation of the race.
This Anthology is not an attempt at literary effects so much as it is an attempt to present seriously woman’s viewpoint of life to a nation standing on the verge of—it knows not what!
So new is the voice of woman in the affairs of life, that in time of stress or panic it must become insistent to be heard or heeded. One book, by one woman, regardless of its strength or purpose, could not have the effect that one book by “crowds” of women could have. That is why this volume has come into existence. It literally is the voice of “crowds of women.”