"I have kept Thanksgiving sacred to reflections upon the long trail behind us,and the triumph which was its inevitable conclusion.John Adams said long after the Revolution that only about one third of the people were for it,a third being against it,and the remaining third utterly indifferent.Perhaps this proportion applies to all movements.At least a third of the women were for our cause at the end....As I look back over the years ...I realize that the greatest thing in the long campaign for us was not its crowning victory,but the discipline it gave us all...." Carrie Chapman Catt compared the struggle for women's suffrage to what other historic fight?

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Carrie Chapman Catt compared the struggle for women's suffrage to the American Revolution. She reflects on the fact that only about one third of the people were for the Revolution, and similarly at the end of the suffrage movement, only about a third of the women were for their cause. Additionally, she emphasizes the discipline and strength gained from the long campaign, which is reminiscent of the discipline gained by the American colonists during the Revolution.

"I Have Kept Thanksgiving Sacred to Reflections Upon the Long