[to The Heckler Who Said, 'if You

You Have To Make More Noise Than Anybody Else, You Have To Make Yourself More Obtrusive Than Anybody Else, You Have To Fill All The Papers More Than Anybody Else, In Fact You Have To Be There All The Time And See That They Do Not Snow You Under.

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.

My Childhood Was Protected By Love And A Comfortable Home. Yet, While Still A Very Young Child, I Began Instinctively To Feel That There Was Something Lacking, Even In My Own Home, Some False Conception Of Family Relations, Some Incomplete Ideal.

How Different The Reasoning Is That Men Adopt When They Are Discussing The Cases Of Men And Those Of Women.

[to The Heckler Who Said, 'if You Were My Wife I'd Poison You':] No, You Wouldn't. I'd Do It Myself.