Upton Sinclair, ed. (1878–1968). rn The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest. 1915.
A Girl Strike-LeaderFlorence Kiper Frank
(American poetess, born 1886)A
Whose years are not quite twenty years,
Eyes steely now and done with tears,
Mouth scornful of its suffering—
Beneath the cheap, ill-fitting suit,
A bearing quaintly resolute,
A flowering hat, satirical.
And banners waving red to war,
Mystical, knowing scarce wherefore—
A Joan in a modern strife.