Well, they didn't send them. They just worked their way through. Found a
place to go, you know. And that's why we all, we've got that to know
that they better face, you know. . . . We put forth the effort to get
into the things. And that's why I came and went to work when I had an
opportunity, you know, to work. Of course, all these years I've tried to
educate myself, more or less at home, with buying books. I've spent a
lot of money on books. And then going to school helped me on this; this
Southern School we went to. That helped me a lot in getting out and
making acquaintances with other people from different parts of, you
know, the country. You learn a lot of things. And then I learned a lot
of new things in that Southern School too, and that gave me a great
boost. And I've always liked people; you know, to be with people. It was
a great experience for me.
And too, I went to New York and stayed . . . well, all around over there.
This one girl that they had; her husband was shot down. And so I went to
New York. We sold buttons and books and made speeches all over New York
and in Philadelphia. First place I went in Philadelphia, we got off the
train and they took us to Union Hall. There were fifteen hundred people
gathered there to hear us talk. What country ignorant girls know. . . .
Though they stood and clapped and made you feel so good, you know [Laughter] .