THE MATYR

"Mr. President, how long must women wait for liberty?"

The term women's rights refers to freedoms and entitlements of women and girls of all ages. These rights may or may not be institutionalized, ignored or suppressed by law, local custom, and behavior in a particular society. These liberties are grouped together and differentiated from broader notions of human rights because they often differ from the freedoms inherently possessed by or recognized for men and boys, and because activists for this issue claim an inherent historical and traditional bias against the exercise of rights by women and girls.

Issues commonly associated with notions of women's rights include, though are not limited to, the right: to bodily integrity and autonomy; to vote (universal suffrage); to hold public office; to work; to fair wages or equal pay; to own property; to education; to serve in the military or be conscripted; to enter into legal contracts; and to have marital, parental and religious rights. Women and their supporters have campaigned and in some places continue to campaign for the same rights as modern men.

The quote "Mr. President how long must women wait for liberty?" was the last public words of Inez Milholland who was known as the martyr of the Women's Suffrage movement. She is our "Foremother" and her spirit is not forgotten.

After the slew of murderous fathers, ex-husbands, abusers we demand that our patriarchal government stop allowing women and children to be murdered by estranged partners.

Women are saying "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!" we will do whatever we can to make you hear us President Obama.

The day before Woodrow Wilson's inauguration Suffragists marched in Washington, DC on March 3, 1913. Draped in white robes and riding in on huge white horse, Inez Millholland led the parade.

I have no white horse or white robes but I have a voice and my Foremothers have forged the way and I intend to be a modern day trailblazer. This day has was written long ago in 1913 until now, 2009 and women are not only cracking the glass ceiling, it will come crashing down.

WE DEMAND ACTION! WE DEMAND EQUAL RIGHTS!