Woman's Voice

by Unknown

(In “The Progressive Woman.” English Contemporary. Writer and speaker on woman and labor problems.)

Pausing on the century’s threshold,

With her face toward the dawn,

Stands a tall and radiant presence;

In her eyes the light of morn,

On her brow the flush of knowledge

Won in spite of curse and ban,

In her heart the mystic watchword

Of the Brotherhood of Man.

She is listening to the heartbeats