"Behind the purdah in India, in the harems of Mohammedanism, behind veils and barred doors and closed sedan chairs, there has been rebellion in the hearts of women all down the centuries....We spoke with many women all over the East who had never heard of a 'women's movement,' yet isolated and alone, they had thought of the entire program of women's emancipation....

Question

We must give aid to these sisters....When I review the slow, tragic struggle upward of the women in the West, I am overwhelmed with the awfulness of the tasks these Eastern women have assumed....I would that we could put a protecting arm around these heroic women and save them from the cruel blows that they are certain to receive....For every women of every tribe and nation, every race and continent....we must demand deliverance."

Q: In the last sentence of Catt's report, what is she implying women need deliverance from?

A: Catt is implying that women need deliverance from their expected roles in society.

Answer 1

Right.