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production, will give women security as well as freedom; it will give them a nobler wifehood and a better motherhood as well as equal citizenship. Because women to-day are less free than men, because they are still hampered by social and political restrictions as well as by economic burdens, women have even more to gain than men by a new order of society. Socialism holds out its greatest promise to women.

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You, kind reader, who have patiently read from cover to cover, who have followed me in this tracing of woman's probable future position, if what I have said has interested you, pass this little book along! If you are not a Socialist, do not stop here! Read Socialist books and newspapers; attend Socialist meetings; learn more about this greatest movement of the present day! But if you are a Socialist, if you no longer need to be convinced, then make up your mind that merely being a Socialist is not sufficient. Resolve here and now to become an active worker in this world-wide cause! Help to spread the gospel of Socialism, the hope of humanity!

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