Outwitting Oppression

Stifled. Smothered. Caged by others. What’s crucial and essential— Not your words. Their expectations. Not Beyond. Society never trusted the voice of women; history never portrayed us except as a wife and mother. Progression—raising children by choice, with the forethought to guide them in life-altering decisions, yet, still, in politics, lacking a voice? Women expressed their discontent in the Declaration of Sentiments while Anthony and Stanton created an Association to promote freedom in the suffrage of women. A right to vote was earned but, even now, women are still advancing; new freedoms each day are gained. A movement which keeps moving, it’s how our nation was founded and how women’s voice was claimed.