During our tour of the Capitol I was able to see many of our nations leaders immortalized in sculpture. One such sculpture touched me deeply with it's engraving of the subject's words. The statue is of Miss. Frances Willard, a major leader in the women's suffrage movement. I had to read through most of the congressional record of the acceptance of her statue in order to find this beautiful sentiment and had the opportunity to learn more about her. She was an amazing woman. Here are her words:
“Ah! It is to women who have given the costliest hostages to fortune. Out into the battle of life they have sent their best beloved, with fearful odds against them. Oh, by the dangers they have dared; by the hours of patient watching over beds where helpless children lay; by the incense of ten thousand prayers wafted from their gentle lips to heaven, I charge you give them power to protect along life’s treacherous highway those whom they have so loved.” –Frances Willard
What a beautiful testament to the role of mothers.
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