As when she sat beside her ancient tasks at home,
Her children playing near her in the sun.
Awaked the Woman then in every land where slavery to the harsh machine had come.
Awaked and brushed the cobwebs of tradition from her brain.
Spoke of the unfairness of the rulers in the busy marts.
Asked for place beside them in the making of the laws;
In their execution. Asked for justice for the race,
Including women and the children which they bear.
Awaked the Woman when the pressure of the system
Grew too heavy on her heart, and cried: “We must