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...to the rights we fi...
Finally won 22 years ago.
:22:07
At this very moment, we're facing
the first major test of our fitness...
:22:11
...to shoulder this responsibility.
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Ellen Whitcomb has pointed out
to you this afternoon...
:22:17
...the deep obligation we have
to take a vital part...
:22:20
...in the crisis confronting
our country.
:22:23
It is our simple duty not only
to accept what she has said...
:22:26
...but to translate her words
into terms of positive action.
:22:30
Ellen Whitcomb represents,
as no other individual...
:22:33
...the development of the rights
women fought for...
:22:36
...and the responsibilities
we must assume.
:22:38
In her words, "What we fought for was
not only the privilege of equal rights...
:22:42
...and a share in the determination
of state policy...
:22:45
...but also the grave responsibility
which accompanies that privilege.
:22:50
Today, women of the world
are faced with the first major test...
:22:53
...of their fitness
to meet that responsibility.
:22:56
Our place is no longer only in the home.
It is also in the first line of battle."
:23:01
There is so little
that I can add to her words.
:23:06
There is so little anyone can add.
:23:09
Possibly, I'm prejudiced
because she's my aunt.
:23:12
I don't think so.
:23:13
Her life and her work
speak eloquently enough.
:23:17
Twenty years ago,
she was the youngest leader...
:23:19
...in the feminist movement.
:23:21
Today she's a tremendous force
in the battle...
:23:24
...to preserve and extend democracy.
:23:28
Let us draw from her the inspiration
to use the freedom we have won...
:23:32
...to defend the freedom of all.