The IWW [Industrial Workers of the World] has been accused of pushing women to the front. This is not true. Rather, the women have not been kept in back, and so they have naturally moved to the front.
Interpretation
Women have taken active roles in movements, rather than being forced into them.
In this quote, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn emphasizes that the involvement of women in the labor movement, specifically within the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), is a result of their own agency and determination rather than any external pressure or coercion. She highlights the natural progression of women stepping into leadership roles and being recognized for their contributions, countering the misconception that they are being pushed or forced into activism.
In practice
This quote can be used in a speech at a women's rights rally to emphasize the importance of women's roles in movements.
But fear no more! I would not take this thing, if it lay by the highway. Not were Minas Tirith falling in ruin and I alone could save her, so, using the weapon of the Dark Lord for her good and my glory. No, I do not wish for such triumphs, Frodo son of Drogo.
A lot of people live in fear because they haven't figured out how you're going to react when faced with a certain set of circumstances. I've come to terms with this by looking deeply into whatever makes me fearful - what are the key elements that get the hairs up on the back of my neck - and then figuring out what I can do about it.
When I was picked to fly the X-1, it was my duty to fly it, and I did.
When my parents were getting divorced, I just said to myself, 'Go to sleep, and tomorrow you can go skiing.' I cried myself to sleep, and in the morning I was up on the mountain, and I was good.
During the course of 1989, more and more East Germans lost their fears of the state's repression and chicanery and went out on the streets. There was no turning back then. It is thanks to their courage the Wall was opened.
The coward only threatens when he is safe.
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