We Want Bread, But We Want Roses, Too

"As we go marching, marching, we bring the greater days.
The rising of the women means the rising of the race."

– Excerpt from Bread and Roses by James Oppenheim


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Almost a century since and still so much left to be realised. Why are women still treated like glorified maids at home even when they've got successful careers outside that homely setting? When is it more difficult for a woman to stand her ground in the presence of men than it is for a man to stand his ground in the presence of women? And why are they paid less than men? There are, after all, more women in our universities than there are men today. More learned women. So where, therefore, does the problem lie? Sigh.

I can't wait for greater days to come.

But now, I leave you with this:

As we go marching, marching, we battle too for men,

For they are women's children, and we mother them again.

– Excerpt from Bread and Roses by James Oppenheim