Imagined suffrage speech based on the emergence of the Modern US.

I come here tonight with an urgent message, the fate of our country will be full of nothing but peril if we don’t take action now. Suffrage must be addressed if we ever wish to truly progress as a nation in which we can consider ourselves a true democracy. The fact is from the moment our names are marked on the census we are assigned a predetermined value. Studies show the rate of college educated women continues to grow despite the economic hardships of our past along with the number of women contributing to the workforce. It would be downright foolish to deny the working and educated women's value to a flourishing society, but it would be worse to confuse this societal impact with the power to make lasting changes. Unless we are given the same right to vote as our male counterparts we'll never have access to the same possibilities and neither will women of the future.
 
Many of you may believe you have the right ideas when bringing reform to our great country, and it would be wrong of me to deny that some of these ideas are very impressive. What if I told you however noble they may be, every effort that fails to address the problem that lies at the core of our nation will be in vain. We all know that we require more than superficial solutions for the problems that plague many of us. Everyone matters just the same as everyone’s dollar.I hope that all of you leave today knowing your worth more than any man alone can imagine. The history of our nation is filled with blood and beauty, knowing it all would be pointless without acknowledging the plight facing many of us in this room today. We are being robbed of our rights as citizens and the opportunity to contribute to society as more than political pawns for the elites to pander to as they please.

The positions of power held by elite members of society are sought out by men and kept from women. Politics finds its way into the workplace and the home lives of every American whether we like it or not. Needless to say this negatively affects the protection and representation women have in labor unions and any other political movement. Unless our opinions are heard we will be nothing more than counter parts and our needs will never be met unless those of the opposite deem them worthy enough.

Being an advocate for change means being willing to continuously educate yourself about the struggles the outliers of society encounter in their daily lives. The voices of every American from black to white are vital in bringing forth a future in which our descendents can be proud of our ideals and the opportunities afford them. If it weren’t for the collaborative efforts of every American many of the milestones we’ve achieved over a short amount of time would be unimaginable. Like Jane Adams we must forget the idea that our motives alone are just enough and become advocates for those causes that align with similar ideals to progress as collective rather than individuals. History has time and time again forgotten the voices of the very people who help make its being very possible. If and only if we wish to be remembered as pivotal members of society who stopped the horrible trend we must focus our attention and give every American the right they are entitled to the moment they are born.

Although we may come from different economic backgrounds, ethnicities, and cultures we must use our voice to fight against the opportunists who exploit us. In order for this to happen all of our voices must be heard and voting is the only true way to determine your future freedoms. Without this liberty women are left to live lives dictated by the ideals and standards of men, when these men are absent many of us are often left to survive in a world where struggles aren’t considered unless there is a man willing to voice them. Leaving many of them to abandon all hope of happiness in a country in which it is supposedly a right. 

The time of women's suffrage is now, for too long has it been put on the backburner. The harsh reality is that if the voices of women were heard a long time ago society would’ve made prides towards progression at a much greater rate. Very few women were courageous to defy the odds and exercise their rights as citizens resulting in their arrest. With the numbers and contributions of everyone here we can begin to dismantle the barriers that bar us from true progress. Nothing we can do is as powerful as giving women the right they are entitled to. Women contribute to society in more ways than one but the only one that really matters is the one we are denied on a daily basis. Long before I fought for women’s rights to vote there were many more powerful women before me that paved the way for me to speak here today.