GINEVRA January 1917
“I believe we should, once more, mirror the form of protest that our leaders are currently conducting in Washington right here in Rhode Island, directly in front of the State House.”
Pearl stood at the podium more and more often of late as Alva stood at it less and less.
Something was happening with my dearest friend, something I understood, and something that I didn"t. The something that I didn"t, scared me. It had been five years since she lost her family and it had been five years since we had joined the suffrage movement. Pearl"s involvement had grown more frequent as did her anger; she seemed forever ill at ease. I would follow her, as I always had, as I always would, but I found now I did so to keep an eye on her.
“We will work in concert with our sisters in
