To die would have been beautiful. But I belong to those who do not die for the sake of beauty.
Agnes SmedleyMy mother listened to all the news from the camp during the strike. She said little, especially when my father or the men who worked for him were about I remember her instinctive and unhesitating sympathy for the miners.
Agnes SmedleyI have always detested the belief that sex is the chief bond between man and woman. Friendship is far more human.
Agnes SmedleySo I had to be the doctor to these wounded men until we could remove them to the hospital. There were fifty-four women and forty little boys with the Red Army prisoners, and I went daily to take care of them also.
Agnes Smedley