To stand quietly behind a Man
Was all that We could do.
Never think, no, never speak;
Be a lady through and through.
Have dinner ready every night
For a Man who shows no thanks.
Spend our lives with a broom in hand,
Just another day walking the plank.
Oppression bores a movement,
A movement causes change.
Change creates our history,
Now no longer are we estranged.
We pushed towards equality
To abandon the status quo;
We fought to earn our rights,
To step out of the shadow.
Today I am able to dream
Of all the things I strive to do.
Being a Woman of modern America
Has never offered a better view.