human
I declare it's _shameful_ the way we women have been treated all this time! cried Miss Iphigenia afterwards, truculently signing the card which made of her a suffragette.
gpt
I'd no idea! Not allowed a word in edgewise, the gentlemen spending all the money and making all the laws, ordering us about like we were so many white slaves--
human
I don't recall that darling mama was ever treated in just that way by dear papa?
gpt
Pooh! Exceptions, snorted Miss Iphigenia (if one so gentle could be said to snort).
human
Exceptions can be made to prove anything, can't they, Joan? Why, we haven't even had a say-so as to whether we should marry or not. Simply had to sit back and say 'Thank you, sir!' to any gentleman who was kind enough to ask us!
gpt
And if nobody _was_ kind enough to ask us--Oh, my dears, I begin to think that if we could have had the ballot in time--!
human
What's more, cried Miss Iphigenia, inspired,
gpt
I mean to bring our Susy to hear you the next time you make a speech, Joan. Yes, I do! If they try to keep her out, we shall say she is there as our maid. If we are all to be allowed to vote about things, colored and white alike, it's time for the colored women to be taught how!
human
Bress us, dat's so! Um, yas, my Lawd! Come down, come down and gadder us sinners into de fold!