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Alice Duer Miller

Hippolta, Penthesilea,
  Maria Teresa and Joan,
Agustina and Boadicea
  And some militant girls of our own—
It would take a brave man and a dull one
  To say to these ladies: “Of course
We adore you while meek,
Timid, clinging and weak,
  But a woman can never use force.”

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