The
French Revolution was nursed in the salons of the French nobility.
When the true meaning of the woman's movement is understood we
shall have to get on without the male sympathiser.
[A pause.]
ANNYS What do you understand is the true meaning of the woman's
movement?
ELIZABETH The dragging down of man from his position of supremacy.
What else can it mean?
ANNYS Something much better. The lifting up of woman to be his
partner.
ELIZABETH My dear Annys, the men who to-day are advocating votes
for women are doing so in the hope of securing obedient supporters
for their own political schemes. In New Zealand the working man
brings his female relations in a van to the poll, and sees to it
that they vote in accordance with his orders. When man once grasps
the fact that woman is not going to be his henchman, but his rival,
men and women will face one another as enemies.
[The door opens. HAKE announces LADY MOGTON and DORIAN ST.
HERBERT. LADY MOGTON is a large, strong-featured woman, with a
naturally loud voice.
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