Chapter 6
The next morning I shook my head as I read the paper. The national suffrage movement was at a standstill. Too many suffragists were unsure what the strategy should be during the war. The silent sentinels remained at their posts across from the White House, their words spoken on the banners they held. Mrs. Belmont and those of us on her staff were still on task—we were so close to getting the vote for women in New York—but there was disagreement about whether or not to abandon the national fight for suffrage and assist fully in the war effort. The rationale behind postponing the national effort was this: when the war was over and the men in Congress saw how loyal we were and how we helped during these trying times, they would have to grant us the vote. The rationale for continuin
