Feminist Program
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In the Feminist Program, history speaks—and then it answers back. From the battle lines of the women’s suffrage movement to the quiet, everyday moments where power is claimed, this collection traces the evolution of a voice that refuses to be minimized.
This poetry suite contains the following poems:
- March Toward Equality | by J. David Abbott
- Dress Code, Section C | by Joanna Anderson
- The First Time I Was Told I Was “Bossy” | by Joanna Anderson
- The First Time I Took Up Space | by Joanna Anderson
- I Learned Feminism from a Remote Control | by Joanna Anderson
- The Bra I Wasn’t Supposed to Need Yet | by Joanna Anderson
- The First Time I Said No and Didn’t Explain | by Joanna Anderson
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The March Toward Equality | by J. David Abbott
The Silent Sentinels maintain a wordless vigil outside the White House, endure arrest and abuse, and turn disciplined protest into momentum for women’s suffrage. J. David Abbott honors the courage required to make equality impossible to ignore.
Dress Code, Section C | by Joanna Anderson
A student challenges rules that police girls’ clothing more closely than boys’ behavior. Joanna Anderson exposes the unequal assumptions hidden inside an ordinary school policy.
The First Time I Was Told I Was “Bossy” | by Joanna Anderson
A girl remembers how confidence was recast as a character flaw and learns to recognize leadership in the label meant to quiet her. Joanna Anderson turns a childhood rebuke into an act of reclamation.
The First Time I Took Up Space | by Joanna Anderson
After years of making herself smaller for other people’s comfort, a young woman chooses visibility without apology. Joanna Anderson traces the liberating shift from self-erasure to presence.
I Learned Feminism from a Remote Control | by Joanna Anderson
A household struggle over who chooses the television program becomes an early lesson in voice, authority, and shared power. Joanna Anderson finds political awakening in a familiar domestic object.
The Bra I Wasn’t Supposed to Need Yet | by Joanna Anderson
An adolescent confronts embarrassment, scrutiny, and contradictory expectations as her body changes sooner than others think it should. Joanna Anderson captures the uneasy passage from privacy to public judgment.
The First Time I Said No and Didn’t Explain | by Joanna Anderson
A woman discovers that a boundary does not require a defense, an apology, or a carefully softened excuse. Joanna Anderson presents a quiet refusal as a decisive claim to autonomy.




