Script. Draft One

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By Carolina Jimenez and Ally Cook


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Dear Comrades, I want to congratulate each one of you, hard working women for the support of your British troops. As a woman in the United States, I see your hard work

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and love for you country

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as something to be admired and emulated in my country and others.

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Every muscle, every brain, must be mobilized if the national aim is to be achieved.

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I see how the work you have done has transformed you into capable bright-eyed women. Your fight against the wretched Prussian culture of men’s domination over women is worthy of praise.

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Each one of you has shown the world the power that women hold.

(Elizabeth trails off)

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Harriet Stanton Blatch. United States of America.…… Its never really struck me how much I am a part of this war. All our men are going away, getting killed, and I am here helping to kill someone else’s husband, someone’s son, someone’s brother.

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But this is all worthwhile. To work for this war is working towards women’s freedom. You’ll see.

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But what about today.

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Today the war is my job. I work to make the shells that our soldiers use. To make a living this is what I must do. But at what cost? Am I supposed to sit here, making these weapons, knowing that no good will come of it.

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No good? But we are showing the world how valuable we are. This is our chance to show what we believe in. Our voices need to be heard, this is the opportunity we have been

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Waiting for,

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for what? We will be liberated, and then have our freedom taken away once the soldiers return. This is not how it should be done. Our families should not have to live in a state of disorder and chaos. I wish things could go

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Back to how they were.

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All things take time and work. Imagine how the women in the future will thank us. We will have the freedoms that all people deserve, and the choice is in our hands. We must take action because our sacrifice is for the women of tomorrow.