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My dearest Meg, I regret to inform you that I will be unable to attend our

dinner engagement tomorrow evening.

I have been detained in New York on business.

Please accept my sincerest apologies.

Yours, Edward.

Meg.

Oh, no.

It's the third time this month he's canceled our plans.

Well, you did say that he's trying to become a partner at the firm.

He's going to have to put in extra hours.

I know.

I just miss him.

When we first started courting, I didn't think the miles between Concord and

Boston would be such a problem.

Now, he travels so much, he's hardly even in Boston.

He might as well live in California.

Well, man, if you really feel that way, then you don't have to talk to him about

it. You have to let him know that that's...

What happened?

She burnt her arm. Dan, go hitch the wagon. We need to take her to Dr.

Oh, Joe, it looks really bad. We should get some butter on it. No.

Cold water is better.

Nan, we've always used butter on burns. Cold water is better.

Oh, just anything quickly.

Please open the heat out.

Tea leaves?

Where did you learn that?

Oh, I read it in one of my medical books at Plumfield.

Really? And you were able to remember that and put it to use in the middle of

crisis? She stayed perfectly calm through the whole thing.

Her quick thinking prevented the wound from blistering.

So, as long as you apply the aloe twice a day and keep it wrapped, you should be

as good as new in a couple of weeks.

Don't worry, Dr. Pierce. I'll keep an eye on her.

And you seem to have quite a gift for medicine.

Really?

I really love it.

How would you feel about volunteering with me in your spare time?

I could certainly use someone like you to help me out around the clinic.

Really? I could work here?

If it's all right with Mrs. Bear.

Oh, of course. I think that's a wonderful idea.

Thank you, Mrs. Doe.

It's going to be great.

I'm going to set bones and help stitch people up.

Maybe I'll even get to operate.

Maybe you will.

I think this is a wonderful beginning, Nan.

Next thing you know, you'll be off to college, then medical school, and before

you know it, you'll have a clinic of your own, just like Dr.

Pearson.

Joe, a woman doctor.

I think she can do anything she wants.

Dr. Anthea Harding. I like to have that.

Good afternoon, ladies.

Afternoon. Good afternoon, Mr. Bridger.

Advertising for the convention, I see.

Yes, I'm going to Boston this weekend to cover it for the Chronicle.

What's suffrage?

Suffrage, that's an expression of opinion by means of a ballot.

Voting.

See, now, if this is an election year, there's no better time for women to

for the right to vote.

Will you be attending?

Oh, no.

Well, I was considering it, but I haven't decided yet.

A room full of outspoken women wouldn't be complete without you.

Well, I better go print some more of these up.

Excuse me.

It's not fair that women aren't allowed to vote.

No, it isn't.

That's why conventions like this are trying to change things to ensure that

day women will be able to vote.

Women will never have a voice in politics, Mrs. Baird. No convention is

change that.

And how can you be so sure of that, Mr. McBride?

Because women cannot be trusted to vote responsibly.

You base all your decisions entirely upon emotion, not intellect.

I think we're just as capable as men at making intelligent decisions concerning

politics. Or anything else for that matter.

Believe what you like, Mrs. Bayer, but the fact of the matter remains, women

have a particular place in our society.

The sooner you learn to accept that, the better off we'll all be.

Don't let him get to you, Joe. Just ignore him.

Ignoring him isn't the answer, Meg.

Don't you see? By doing nothing, we're doing exactly what he wants us to do.

Sitting back and accepting this.

Going to that meeting, aren't you?

Well, I am now.

It was absolutely wonderful. I wish you could have been there.

There were over 500 women at this convention from all over the country.

Standing up for women's rights.

Demanding to be heard.

Sounds like quite an event.

It was great.

And the speakers.

They spoke with such passion.

Such conviction.

Especially Susan B. Anthony.

I've never felt so inspired in my life.

That's nice, Joe.

Nice.

Amy, these women are changing the way people see us.

The way we see ourselves.

Imagine what it would feel like to have the same rights as men.

To be seen as equal.

Equal? Wouldn't that be something?

Now, they've set up their own organization.

The National Women's Suffrage Association.

And they're asking people to open branches in their own communities.

I'm thinking about doing it.

What? Well, Amy, you can't just talk about change.

You have to get involved. This is our chance.

I don't see the need for us to get involved with something like this. Well,

people don't get involved, things are not going to change.

Unless people change things.

That's right.

People like us.

But, Jo, these women are not like us.

They're not ladies.

I've heard stories about them.

They're rude and unrefined.

And one of them has even admitted to practicing free love.

Do you really want to be associated with women like that?

The women that I met were nothing like that.

All they're doing is trying to make things better for us.

All of us.

I think the least we could do is try and help them.

What are you still doing up?

Oh, I can't sleep.

I started reading these suffrage papers and I can't put them down.

You know, when we were growing up, our army and father taught us that women

could do anything that men could do.

So my sisters and I never thought of ourselves as anything but equal.

Now that I'm reading these, I'm starting to see things in a whole new light.

What do you mean?

I paid half this for a government that doesn't recognize me as a citizen.

And I don't even have any... say in that government because i can't vote voting

ain't that big a deal joe how can you say that nick how would you feel if

somebody told you that you couldn't vote in the election wouldn't bother me one

bit i wasn't planning on voting anyway you're not gonna vote nope never had

before why not well i don't really see the point of it i mean how much

difference is one vote gonna make anyway

Hey, Dr. Pierce, I finished wrapping those bandages for you. Oh, Nan, don't

in here. I haven't finished cleaning up yet.

Oh, that's all right. I don't mind a little bit of blood.

Wow.

Could all this blood come out of Mr. Brenner's head?

Yes. It took 23 stitches to close the wound.

Hey,

do you want me to have these off for you?

Oh, thank you, Nan. It would be a big help.

Where did the clamps go?

Oh, in the cup drawer.

Message needles?

Uh, right beside the clamps.

Nan, you've learned the names of all the instruments?

Well, I hear that I'm going to have to know them one day, so might as well get

head start and learn them now.

Why do you even want to know him?

Because you spend so much time at the Gentleman's Club, I just want to know

you talk about all day.

Business and politics.

Nothing you'd be interested in.

Amy, Laurie.

I'm glad that I caught you.

I was wondering if I could put one of these posters in your window.

Of course.

What are they for?

I'm opening a Concord branch of the National Women's Suffrage Association.

I'm holding a meeting on Friday at Plumfield to give people in town a

get involved.

Are you expecting many people?

Well, as many people as I can talk into coming.

I was hoping the two of you would come as well.

I'm not sure. I mean, please, I really want you to be there.

All right.

Sure.

Thank you.

It's for Mr.

Edward Trenton in Boston, and it should read, I hope your trip to New York went

well. I look forward to seeing you in Concord soon.

I miss you.

I miss you, too.

I thought you were still in New York. Well, things went very well. We finished

early, and I... I thought I'd come and visit you.

I'm glad you did.

Oh, um... These are for you.

Thank you. They're beautiful.

It's been a long time, I know.

Not a day goes by when I don't think about you.

I hope you know that. I do.

It's just we hardly ever see each other anymore.

I know you're frustrated.

I could hear it in the tone of your last letter, and believe me, I feel the same

way. It's not easy having a proper courtship when we live so far apart.

I wish things could be different.

Well, maybe they can.

How? Meg, you know I've been doing a lot of business in New York recently.

Yes?

Well, things have been going very well for me there. I mean, much better than I

could ever imagine.

And?

Meg, the firm has offered me a partnership.

Oh, Edward, that's wonderful.

You want me to move to New York and open up an office there?

You're moving to New York?

Yeah.

I want you to come with me.

Hi. Love this dress on me.

It's really quite flattering, don't you think?

Yes. We are fighting for the right to vote, not having a tea party.

Still, man, I think we should all look our best.

Oh, thank you.

I thought your sisters would be here by now.

Well, I guess they're probably running a little late.

I'll get it.

That must be them.

Asia, thank you so much for doing this with me.

Well, it's my fight, too.

Mr. Bridger.

I must be early.

Actually, no, you're right on time.

So glad you could make it. Well, when I heard you were hosting this little

shindig, I knew things were bound to get interesting.

You must admit, you have a knack for stirring things up.

I'll take that as a compliment.

You should.

Well, let's go and get some more food. Please, make yourself comfortable.

Thank you.

Are you going to put some newspaper?

Of course. But I'm also here to show my support for the cause.

I thought men were against women having the right to vote.

Not all men.

Do you think we need all these chairs?

Oh, I was wondering if we had enough chairs.

A lot of people said they were coming today.

Don't worry.

They'll be here.

Now.

I don't understand.

My mother and father told me that they'd be here today.

I could stay a little longer if you like.

There's no point.

It's obvious that no one's coming.

I'm sorry, Joe.

I'm sorry, Joe.

We must have lost track of the time. We've lost track of the time.

Well, you know how busy things can get.

This meeting was important to me.

I expected my family to show up.

Well, at least you had Meg there.

No, I didn't.

Meg didn't go?

No.

And I don't know where she is, either. I stopped by her house this afternoon.

She wasn't there.

Look, I understand people in town being reluctant to help.

But my own family.

I'm sorry, Joe.

But you know this is a sensitive subject.

The suffrage movement's been a topic of conversation at Gentleman's Club all

week. At first, the idea of allowing women to vote was nothing more than a

to them.

But now that the women's movement is getting momentum across the country,

don't think it's very funny anymore.

They want things to stay the same.

That's why we need men like you to support us. I'm afraid it's not that

Several of my clients strongly oppose the suffrage movement. If I support

I know they won't approve.

It will affect his business, Joe.

You know that I believe in this cause, and I will try to help you.

I just want you to understand that I have to be careful.

Have you heard his heartbeat yet?

Well, she probably won't if you keep on talking.

What is it? I can't hear anything.

I don't have a heartbeat?

No, you have a heartbeat. I just can't hear it yet.

I thought I was dead.

What are you doing?

I'm listening to Tommy's heart.

Where did you get that?

Dr. Pierce.

Dr. Pierce, the thing you play with his stethoscope?

I'm not playing a meal. I'm practicing.

Come here. I'll listen to your heartbeat.

No, thanks.

I'm next, man. I want to see if I have a heart.

All right.

Everyone has to be quiet so I can hear it.

support a government that denies women their basic human rights, rights that

every American should have.

We need to have a voice in this country. We need to be heard loud and clear.

But we're never going to have that voice until we're given the right to vote.

If we all pull together, we can make them listen.

We can finally be heard.

I have no doubt you have been heard, Mrs. Bale. I'm sure that every citizen

here to New York has heard your hysterical outburst today.

Hysterical outburst?

Here.

May I have one of those, please?

That's very good.

Very passionate.

Unfortunately, not very effective.

Well, that all depends on what you're trying to achieve. If you wanted to

Main Street, I think you did an excellent job.

Look, maybe it's time for a different approach.

A shift in thinking. Something a little more radical.

What exactly are you suggesting?

A new departure. It's a whole new way of interpreting the Constitution that says

that women already have the right to vote.

How can that be possible?

Read the 14th Amendment.

The 14th Amendment? Yes. It actually says that all persons born in the United

States are considered citizens.

All persons, Amy, not just men.

So I'm going to contact the Suffolk Association and see if we can use that

argument to take a vote this year.

Do you really think that's going to work?

Well, I spoke to Harrison.

He seems to think it's a bit controversial, but worth a try.

Meg, where on earth have you been? I'm sorry.

I've been a little distracted lately.

Edward came to town.

Oh, wonderful.

Are you all right?

Edward has asked me to move to New York with him.

What?

Edward has been offered a partnership at his firm, so he has to move to New

York.

Permanently.

Has he proposed?

Well, no.

At first I thought he was going to, but then he told me that his firm would be

leasing him an apartment and he'd be buying a house for me nearby.

So you'd be...

Living in New York together?

Separately? Yes.

For now.

But he said that he would like to continue our courtship.

And I'm sure it's just a matter of time before he does propose.

Meg, he can't possibly expect you to move to New York without a proposal.

And quite frankly, I'm appalled that he would even ask you to do such a thing.

Amy.

Well, she's right.

If he's not going to ask you to marry him, Meg, exactly what are his

I don't know.

Well, I hope he wants to marry me.

I would really love to marry him.

But if I don't move to New York, he may never propose.

What if you do move to New York and he still doesn't ask?

What are you supposed to do then?

I don't know.

I don't know why you're in such a hurry to get married anyway.

You've been managing just fine on your own the past few years.

I know, but that's because I didn't have a choice.

I didn't have a man around to take care of things, to take care of me.

I miss that.

I miss being married.

And I love Edward.

Well, what are you going to do?

I don't know.

What's going on?

It's Mr. Kennedy. He's taking a turn for the worth.

Quick, get me the forceps.

You just took his appendix out last week and he said he was fine.

He was, but he developed an infection.

What are you doing?

I'm cutting away the dead tissue to try to prevent the infection from spreading.

He's burning up.

Cold compresses. We need to bring his fever down.

I need to... cauterized wound. Nan, quick, get me the nitric acid. It's in

cupboard, second bottle from the left.

What's wrong?

It's too late, Nan.

No, it's not. Here's the acid. We can cauterize it. There's nothing more we

do. We can't just give up.

He's gone now.

No, you said he was going to be fine.

I'm sorry.

And remember, gentlemen, that it is your civic duty to vote. So be sure to

register here today.

14?

No, thank you.

You're the polling official?

Yes. The mayor was kind enough to appoint me.

Actually, I'm glad to see you. You're just in time to help the other ladies

serve tea.

I'm not here to serve you, Mr.

McBride. Ah, then you're here to entertain us again with another one of

hysterical outbursts?

Actually, no.

I'm here to register to vote.

Ah, how novel.

It is my constitutional right.

Your constitutional right?

As a citizen.

Would you see, Mrs. Bear, woman or not citizen?

Well, then, Mr. McBride, it appears that you haven't read the 14th Amendment

recently. Because if you had, you would have noticed that it reads, all persons

born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof

are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.

So, as a citizen, I therefore am entitled to all the rights of

including the right to vote.

Read further, Mrs. Baer, and you will learn that in the second section of the

14th Amendment, it defines a voter as a male inhabitant, being at least 21 years

of age.

Furthermore, the 15th Amendment guarantees the right to vote to all men,

regardless of race or previous condition of servitude.

All men, Mrs.

Baer, not women.

I will vote in this election next week, Mr. McBride, whether you register me or

not.

You do so, Mrs. Bair, and I will have you arrested.

We'll see about that.

She told him that she was going to show up to vote next week, and then McBride

threatened to have her arrested.

He can't do that, can he? He most certainly can.

But she mentioned something called the new departure.

Ah, yes, the new women's suffrage strategy.

It has no legal foundation. It's really an excuse these women have come up with

to justify their unlawful behavior, and there isn't a court in the country that

would see it as anything more than that.

If they really want to elicit change, they should find a more civilized way to

do it.

But if they don't speak up for themselves, how will they ever be

They have been noted.

But if they expect to be taken seriously, they need to conduct

more ladylike fashion.

It would be wise to take a lesson from you.

I think we've wasted enough time talking about politics.

Let's talk about New York.

Oh, yes.

New York.

Meg, I know this will be an adjustment for you, but...

You're going to love it.

It's a wonderful city.

I'm sure it is.

It's just... What?

What is it?

Edward, I'm not quite sure why you want me to move to New York with you.

Meg, you know why.

So we can spend more time together.

So you won't be traveling as much.

Well, no, I will be still traveling a lot, but at least I will have you to

home to.

Me to come home to.

But we won't be living together.

No, but we'll be in the same city.

Yes, I know.

I guess... Well, I suppose what I'm wondering is... What are your

My intentions?

Oh, uh... Yes, I see. You want to know if... If I intend to marry you.

Do you?

I haven't really given it much thought. I suppose I did.

I assume that we would be married eventually.

Oh.

Meg, if the only reason that you don't want to go to New York is because I

haven't proposed to you, we can solve that problem right now.

Edward.

than to spend the rest of my life looking after you and your children.

Would you do me the honor of becoming my wife?

Edward, this is a very big decision for me.

Would you mind terribly if I took some time to think about it?

Of course.

Take as much time as you need.

But just... just think.

Think about the wonderful life we'll have together in New York as Mr.

and Mrs.

Edward Trenton.

Laurie!

Laurie, wait!

Joe, I can't talk long. I'm expecting a client.

I just wanted to thank you for helping me pay for these posters.

Well, you're welcome.

I know that it was difficult for you getting involved in this.

Joe, it was nothing, really.

Mr. Keaton, please go right inside.

I'll be with you in just a minute.

Joe, I'm sorry.

One of my clients pulled his account today because he found out you're my

-in -law.

What?

I have to go.

That was no use. I can't figure out how to work this thing.

Nan, you can do it. You just need to keep on trying. No, I can't. Yes, you

You've been trying to get that thing to work for days, Nan. I don't see why

you're bothering.

She's going to be a doctor. She's got to practice, right?

She's just wasting her time. She'll never be a doctor.

Who says she can't?

She's a girl, Nan. And everyone knows that girls can't be doctors.

Yes, they can.

How many female doctors do you know?

Well, Nan, you said yourself, there are two medical schools just for women.

That means there'll be plenty of female doctors, and Nan's going to be one of

them. Don't expect me to be one of her patients.

Nan, don't listen to him. I think he'll make a great doctor.

I'm just not cut out to be a doctor.

I'm not strong like Dr. Pierce.

Mr. Kennedy died. What did I do?

I cried.

It's just because you care about people, and that's what being a doctor's all

about.

Well, get it. You have nothing to worry about.

If you try to vote, you're going to get arrested.

Well, if I get arrested, can I get arrested?

Jill, you're being completely irrational about this.

What happens to the school if you get thrown in jail?

Please, think about what you are doing.

Meg!

I'm so glad you're here. Maybe you can talk some sense into her.

Edward just asked me to marry him.

Really?

Wonderful!

Congratulations.

Well, then I guess this means you'll be moving to New York after all.

Well, I haven't accepted his proposal yet.

But, Meg, I thought you said you wanted to marry Edward.

I do. It's just the thought of moving to New York.

But if that's where he needs to be.

But he said he'd still be doing a great deal of traveling.

Well, then if that's the case, why didn't he move here to Concord?

Well, she can't expect him to change his whole life around.

Well, that's what he's expecting of her.

That's not the same thing, Joe.

And why is that? Because his life is more important than hers?

I didn't say that.

Why don't we all just admit it?

Meg has no say at all in where they live.

Joe, I think that Edward will at least consider my opinion.

I hope so, Meg.

Dr. Pierce?

Nan?

I must admit, I'm a little surprised to see you here.

Why? Well, you were so upset after Mr. Kennedy died, I didn't think you'd want

to come back.

Well, I couldn't just give up. I mean, medicine's all about taking care of

people. We've got a whole room of waiting patients out there.

Nan, I am really proud of you.

A lot of people would have given up after what you went through the other

The fact that you were able to pick yourself up and move on shows me that

have the strength of character to succeed in medicine.

You are going to make a wonderful nurse someday.

Nurse?

You mean doctor.

What? Well, I'm going to be a doctor just like you.

Oh, Nan, if I had known that's what you were thinking, I never would have

encouraged you.

What do you mean?

Being a doctor is very difficult. It takes years of dedication and hard work.

You've seen how hard I can work.

This profession is just not suited to the emotional nature of women.

It's not for the weak of heart.

But you said I was strong enough.

You're strong enough to be a nurse, yes, but a doctor... I'm sorry.

Mrs. Joe said that I can be whatever I want.

And I'm going to be a doctor.

Dan, where's Mrs. Joe?

She's on the porch.

Well, if it means that much to you, I'll vote for you. Just tell me who you

want.

Nick. I know it's not going to solve all your problems, but at least it's

something.

The whole point is that you and I should have the same rights, and we don't.

And it's not just about voting, either.

I mean...

Look at all the parents who pulled their boys out of the school after Fritz

died.

They did that because they didn't think that a woman was capable of running a

business on her own, Nick.

And without Fritz, would I have even been able to start the school in the

place? Probably not. I don't know about that, Joe.

I got a feeling you would have found a way to do it no matter what.

I don't know, Nick. I just don't know if I'm doing the right thing.

I mean, Laurie is right. If I do try and vote, the only thing that will happen

is I'll get thrown in jail.

And all that's going to do is put the school at risk again.

Maybe I should think about giving up.

Well, you knew this wasn't going to be easy.

Nothing worth fighting for ever is.

I just didn't think it was going to be this difficult.

No one is supporting me, Nick. Not even my family. In fact, it's tearing us

apart.

I'm going to give it back to Dr. Pierce.

No point in practicing if I can't be a doctor.

What are you talking about?

Dr. Pierce said that women can't be doctors.

He said that to you?

Yeah, but I'll make a really nice nurse, though.

Nan.

Honey, you shouldn't give up just because people tell you that you can't

Why not? You are.

I heard you talking to Nick today, and you were right.

We are never going to be treated the same as men, so why even bother trying?

You're what?

I'm voting in the election tomorrow.

I can't believe you're still going through with this. Think about the

I am thinking about it.

That's exactly why I'm doing this.

I'm doing it for the two girls in my school, one of whom is your daughter.

Meg, you have a daughter as well.

You look them in the eye and you tell them that they're not worth fighting

That you don't care if they grow up to be second -class citizens.

I'm sorry, I can't.

Now, as far as I'm concerned, I have to vote in that election tomorrow.

I couldn't live with myself if I didn't.

Meg!

Come around here.

Meg,

I've been looking for you everywhere.

I was at Amy's.

I got a telegram from my office.

They want me in New York right away, as soon as possible.

I'm leaving tomorrow night.

Tomorrow?

I know that I promised to give you some time to consider my proposal, but I

really need your answer now.

Edward, I haven't made my decision yet.

Oh, oh, I see.

Oh, it's not that I don't want to marry you, I do.

It's just that New York is so far away from my family.

I will be your family.

Edward, isn't there any way that you could move to Concord?

Concord? Don't be ridiculous.

But you said you'd still be doing a great deal of traveling. Couldn't you at

least consider it? There is nothing to consider. We have to move to New York.

Don't you care at all about what I want?

Meg, what has gotten into you?

I just think my opinion should count for something.

Opinion?

Meg, this is not like you. You're starting to sound like your sister, Jo.

very quickly, and I wish I could give you more time, but I can't.

I have to go to New York tomorrow, and I... I want you to come with me, and I

hope you will.

Again, gentlemen, you may place your ballots in any one of these four boxes.

At the end of the day, we shall have it tallied up.

I'm here to vote, Mr. McBride.

Of course you are.

It would go against your nature not to perform such an irrational act. The very

fact that you are here... knowing full well that your actions will have serious

consequences. Prove that women are incapable of logical, rational thought.

I know exactly what I'm doing.

I will have you arrested.

Then you'll have to arrest me, too.

Me, too.

Looks like we're all voting today.

If you try to vote, you will all be thrown

in jail.

I can't believe we're in jail.

I never thought I'd see the inside of this place.

Well, at least now you can say you've seen it.

How long are they going to keep us in here?

I don't know.

They'll probably set a hearing for tomorrow or the next day.

We're going to have criminal records now.

Jamie, don't you see what we've accomplished?

Yeah. We're in jail.

We made them notice us.

Yeah, we did.

We showed them that we're going to stand up for our rights.

Now, it may have only been the four of us today, but next year, there'll be

women.

Lori!

I just came here to tell you that the sheriff's getting ready to release you.

Release us?

I posted bail for all of you.

Lori.

What about your clients?

Well I don't care what they think.

I want my daughter to know that she's worth fighting for.

What happened?

I made my decision.

Meg, I'm so sorry for getting you involved in this.

It's not your fault, Joel.

I made the decision to do this knowing full well what Edward would rule about

it.

I just wish he could have... Sorry to interrupt, ladies.

I just thought you might like to take a look at an advance copy of tomorrow's

newspaper.

You made history in Concord.

And women like you have set an example that others will follow for years.

Nothing didn't come without sacrifice.

And what you did today took a great deal of courage.

I admire you for that.

History made us women vote in Concord.

You sure you didn't do all this just to get your name in the newspaper again?

Quite a day, huh?

Yeah.

Who'd have thought I'd be the one waiting for you to get out of jail?

With all the commotion you caused today, I almost didn't have time to vote.

You voted?

Well, I figured it was time for me to see what all the fuss was about.

I think that's wonderful, Nick.

Good book work.

I can hear my heartbeat.

Can you hear it?

Loud and clear.

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