A few of the older women stood, their noses thrown into the air as they left the room. Mother pulled on my arm; I shook it off with a vengeance. Miss Stone continued without a care for those departing; clearly, it was not the first time she and her message had received such a reaction.
“We believe that personal independence and equal human rights can never be forfeited, except for crime; that marriage should be an equal and permanent partnership, and so recognized by law; that until it is so recognized, married partners should provide against the radical injustice of present laws, by every means in their power.”
“We are leaving, Pearl, this minute. You should not hear this nonsense,” Mother hissed at me as she stood, pinching my arm until I stood up beside her. She grabbed the journal in
