This position is untenable, and there can be no pause in the agitation for full political power and responsibility until these are granted to all the women of the nation. (Florence Kelley)

This position is untenable, and there can be no pause in the agitation for full political power and responsibility until these are granted to all the women of the nation.

Florence Kelley

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