"For seventy years, the women leaders of this country have been asking the government to recognize this possibility. Every great woman who stands out in our history-Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Clara Barton, Mary Livermore, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frances Willard, Lucy Stone, Jane Addams, Ella Flagg Young, Alice Stone Blackwell, Anna Howard Shaw, Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt-all have asked the government to permit women to serve more effectively the national welfare. All have felt that the energy, the thought, and the suffering that was spent in trying to obtain permission to serve directly should as quickly as possible be turned to the actual service."
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Women journalists from the United StatesHuman rights activistsFeminists from the United StatesSocialists from the United StatesWomen's rights activists
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Jeannette Rankin speaking in Congress (1918)
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Alice Stone Blackwell
Alice Stone Blackwell (September 14, 1857 – March 15, 1950) was a feminist, suffragist, journalist, radical socialist, and human rights advocate who lived in the USA. Her parents were Lucy Stone and Henry Browne Blackwell.
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