Brianna Lehning

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Brianna Lehning INJUSTICES It is not fair
that grief should go abound That the poor women
of our country are treated as if they were no
better than slaves. Every attempt woman has made
to strike off the shackles of slavery has ended
in defeat. No matter what a man does to a woman,
she must not resist. She can never be free until
she is mistress of her own body. The lowest of
the working women is the factory girl For in the
eyes of her overseer she is but a brute, a slave,
to be beaten, pinched and pushed around. Never
can she express her opinion She is to be bound by
to her employer because of poverty. Great
injustices are done to her character She is
repressed and subjected to influences that must
destroy her purity and self-respect. She displays
the same strenuous endeavor, self-sacrifice, and
readiness to meet death every day. She suffers
enough in one day to last her the rest of her
life No, her life can not have been an easy
one. There are also girls who do not work, who
live in comfortable homes, and yet are found on
the street married women who prostitute
themselves in order to have luxuries. They
sacrifice their souls for these indulgences, To
them have been left the evil things Everywhere
want and degradation can be found There can never
be a free humanity until woman is freed from
ignorance and poverty We must rise up, Omen to
save.