Day of hope and day of glory! After slavery and woe, Comes the dawn of woman’s freedom, and the light shall grow and grow Until every man and woman equal liberty shall know, In Freedom marching on!
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Song for Equal Suffrage; Opening four lines of public-domain suffrage song. Full poem read in Academy of American Poets edition. Hope for equal political liberty; original gendered language retained.
- Song for Equal Suffrage
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