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Fashionable women in luxurious homes, / With men to feed them, clothe them, pay their bills, / Bow, doff the hat, and fetch the handkerchief; / Hostess or guest, and always so supplied / With graceful deference and courtesy; / Surrounded by their servants, horses, dogs,- / These tell us they have all the rights they want.
Successful women who have won their way / Alone, with strength of their unaided arm, / Or helped by friends, or softly climbing up / By the sweet aid of "woman's influence; " / Successful any way, and caring naught / For any other woman's unsuccess,- / These tell us they have all the rights they want.