| Show PEOPLE WHO GIVE By Beth Ann Stewart A D DAM MN M N History has proven that people who give a damn are the ones making the changes in the world If we could go back years at the time our country was founded we would see how people have fought for th things ings that society society society soc soc- was not ready to accept accept accept ac ac- ac- ac but within themselves felt was not right Women's rights the suf- suf ferage movement the way women were prepared to go goto goto goto to jail to give up their standing in their communities ties for something ing they believed believed believed be be- was unfair Margaret for forone forone forone one could see the suffering and unfair treatment of women Women who felt they were owned by their husbands Women who felt they had no sexual rights Margaret was put in jail driven out of town th threatened threatened threat threat- reat- reat ened just because she felt there were too many unwanted unwanted unwanted un un- un- un wanted babies in the world Women having more babies who were already suffocating ing with too much 1914 That 1914 That was the year the birth control movement was trying to emerge That ma many n y yea years rs ago This woman who gave a damn was persecuted and rejected by not only men but also by women who were not yet ready for such a dis dis- dis- dis graceful subject This woman woman wo wo- man born sixty years before before before be be- fore her time was willing to todie todie todie die for what she believed was right This woman gave a damn There are many examples of people Ie th throughout h history history his his- is- is tory that fought long and hard for what they believed was right These are the people who change our world These are the people who give a damn Change is sometimes long longin in coming Some changes have taken years but all we need to do is look back th through rough those years and see how far we have come because of people who were willing to give a damn |
