“Remember the Ladies”

 

“True lasting success [comes] in the form of shaping generations of brave, empowered women…” (386)

Corruption. Greed. Lobbyists. Women’s Suffrage. 

What is it that defines who we are? Is it our charitable nature? Our accomplishments? What will our legacy be? The deals we brokered? Our questionable morals? Our sincere belief in what we are doing is right and true to who we are?

This novel brought more questions than answers. My naïveté about human nature also became abundantly obvious. I don’t want to be jaded. I want to believe that people do things for the right reasons. That those who are called to serve, are serving the greater good, not their pocketbooks.

Remember the Ladies begs the question; do the means justify the end? Does our Congress still run the way Mulligan portrayed in her novel? If so, do I need to send off an email to my representatives in Washington?