International Day of the Girl Child
“In the New Testament, the Master reminded His followers that when the merchant had found the Pearl of Great Price, he sold all that he had in order to buy it. That is the parable of Militancy! It is that which the women warriors are doing to-day. Some are truer warriors than others, but the perfect Amazon is she who will sacrifice all even unto the last, to win the Pearl of Freedom for her sex. Some of the bounteous pearls that women sell to obtain this freedom, which is so little appreciated by those who are born free, are the pearls of Friendship, Good Report, Love, and even Life itself, each in itself a priceless boon.”
From The Price of Liberty by Emily Davison (1872 – 1913), suffragette, born on this day
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