I Thought I Had Been A Suffragist

There Is Something That Governments Care For More Than Human Life, And That Is The Security Of Property, And So It Is Through Property That We Shall Strike The Enemy.... Those Of You Who Can Break Windows--break Them. Those Of You Who Can Still Further Attack The Secret Idol Of Property, So As To Make The Government Realize That Property Is As Greatly Endangered By Women's Suffrage As It Was By The Chartists Of Old--do So. And My Last Word Is To The Government: I Incite This Meeting To Rebellion!

Women Had Always Fought For Men, And For Their Children. Now They Were Ready To Fight For Their Own Human Rights. Our Militant Movement Was Established.

...the Government Must Not Think That They Can Stop This Agitation. It Will Go On...we Are Here Not Because We Are Law-breakers; We Are Here In Out Efforts To Become Law-makers.

Often I Have Heard The Taunt That Suffragists Are Women Who Have Failed To Find Any Normal Outlet For Their Emotions, And Are Therefore Soured And Disappointed Beings. This Is Probably Not True Of Any Suffragist, And It Is Most Certainly Not True Of Me. My Home Life And Relations Have Been As Nearly Ideal As Possible In This Imperfect World.

I Suppose I Had Always Been An Unconscious Suffragist. With My Temperament And My Surroundings, I Could Scarcely Have Been Otherwise.