Our Story

We are thought to be invisible in history-

to not voice our thoughts,

and to stay at home

and not be seen.

We are thought to be silent-

to listen and not be heard

to swallow and gulp down our

words of anguish beneath our tongues.

But we can no longer be invisible,

because we have learned to raise our voices-

the meeting at Seneca Falls,

and the series of protests that follows.

We as women have united

and will no longer be silent under abuse,

to voice our thoughts and sufferings

and to be set free under the wings of independence.

Michelle Lin is a Librarians of Tomorrow intern and a senior at Brooklyn Technical High School.