They were women then My mama’s generation Husky of voice—stout of Step With fists as well as Hands How they battered down Doors And ironed Starched white Shirts How they led Armies Headragged generals Across mined Fields Boby-trapped Ditches To discover books Desks A place for us How they knew what we Must know Without knowing a page Of it Themselves.
What is the most likely purpose for the poem?
to show how modern women are better
to use warfare to describe human behavior
to show how women’s lives are similar across generations
