https://padlet.com/lc60819/djjxtclseqs98ex7 en-us 2023-03-20 17:54:43 UTC 2025-10-05 12:58:20 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f1fa-1f1f8.png lc60819 https://padlet.com/lc60819/djjxtclseqs98ex7/wish/2524057702 Violet finds letters from her sister, Chloe in her mother's desk drawer. Violet is angry at her mom and dad for hiding these letters for over 2 years, one was addressed in 1918. We find out that Chloe is her older sister was kicked out of the house. We learn she lives in New York and works as a nurse, which was a big deal because of the influenza pandemic. Flossie, Violet's best friend, had died 2 years ago, of influenza and Violet saw blood coming out of her nose and ears. We learn of Violet's older brother, Stephen, but we are curious to find out ]]> 2023-03-20 18:06:35 UTC https://padlet.com/lc60819/djjxtclseqs98ex7/wish/2524057702 lc60819 https://padlet.com/lc60819/djjxtclseqs98ex7/wish/2525841519 At the beginning of the chapter, Violet has taken $3.92 and ran away from home. She is heading to New York, the Henry Street settlement house, to find Chloe. We learned that a Hope Chest is not just a name Chole gave to her car. Violet is nervous to get onto a train, and she meets Mrs.Renwick Violet tries to be polite and Mrs. Renwick tells her that women should not be doctors or reporters but get married and have babies.]]> 2023-03-21 17:51:52 UTC https://padlet.com/lc60819/djjxtclseqs98ex7/wish/2525841519 lc60819 https://padlet.com/lc60819/djjxtclseqs98ex7/wish/2527545118 We read about Violet getting off at the train station and being lost in a big crowd of people. Violet was trying to find Mrs. Renwick but she could not find her because there were so many people. But then Violet was going to ask a police officer how to get out of the train station but then the officer]]> 2023-03-22 17:25:57 UTC https://padlet.com/lc60819/djjxtclseqs98ex7/wish/2527545118 lc60819 https://padlet.com/lc60819/djjxtclseqs98ex7/wish/2529309110 In NY in the 1920s, Violet was done eating her hot dog when they found the settlement house they meet a guy named Theo martin. He was ]]> 2023-03-23 18:24:58 UTC https://padlet.com/lc60819/djjxtclseqs98ex7/wish/2529309110 lc60819 https://padlet.com/lc60819/djjxtclseqs98ex7/wish/2537183313 Violet and Myrtle meet Hobie, who is homeless, and he shows them how to ride a blind. This means riding a train without paying. They rode on a train on a dirty platform and they had to sleep outside. In the end, they make it to Washington DC, and realize that Hobie is a great guy and not what it seemed. The theme is to not judge a book by its cover. At first, Violet and myrtle think Hobie is sketch, but in the end, he saved Myrtle and helped the girls get to Washington DC.]]> 2023-03-29 18:39:21 UTC https://padlet.com/lc60819/djjxtclseqs98ex7/wish/2537183313 lc60819 https://padlet.com/lc60819/djjxtclseqs98ex7/wish/2549087367 Violet and Myrtle are in DC trying to find Chloe so they go to the women's suffrage home.]]> 2023-04-10 17:49:00 UTC https://padlet.com/lc60819/djjxtclseqs98ex7/wish/2549087367 lc60819 https://padlet.com/lc60819/djjxtclseqs98ex7/wish/2557427124 Violet and Myrtle want to go to Nashville to see Chole. the women's suffrage association needs to win to get the right to vote.]]> 2023-04-17 18:31:28 UTC https://padlet.com/lc60819/djjxtclseqs98ex7/wish/2557427124 lc60819 https://padlet.com/lc60819/djjxtclseqs98ex7/wish/2559037526 Myrtle is making her way to the colored car in the back of the train. Once]]> 2023-04-18 18:25:39 UTC https://padlet.com/lc60819/djjxtclseqs98ex7/wish/2559037526 lc60819 https://padlet.com/lc60819/djjxtclseqs98ex7/wish/2566111959 In chapter 9, Violet and Myrtle realize that Mr. Martin is running away from the police. They don't know what he did wrong. Two men called Palmer agents tried to find Mr. Martin, and they questioned the suffragists about him and accused the women of not being very intelligent because they were female. The two men treated the women like they were dumb. We see examples of inequality between men and women, We can tell the agents don't think women should get the right to vote.]]> 2023-04-24 18:10:07 UTC https://padlet.com/lc60819/djjxtclseqs98ex7/wish/2566111959 lc60819 https://padlet.com/lc60819/djjxtclseqs98ex7/wish/2567648861 Violet helps a woman who had fallen and was upset about losing her son in the war, and Violet gets angry about the way women have to sit in silence while men make decisions that affect them. It is unequal and unfair that women are not allowed to be a part of the decision-making process. We meet Miss Charlotte Rowe and she accompanies Violet from the train station to the hotel were she is staying. ]]> 2023-04-25 18:09:35 UTC https://padlet.com/lc60819/djjxtclseqs98ex7/wish/2567648861 lc60819 https://padlet.com/lc60819/djjxtclseqs98ex7/wish/2572053475 In the chapter we see the theme "inequality is injustice" Violet is hungry and wants to find somewhere to eat, but is told she can't eat in one of the hotel restaurant becaues]]> 2023-04-28 17:03:55 UTC https://padlet.com/lc60819/djjxtclseqs98ex7/wish/2572053475 lc60819 https://padlet.com/lc60819/djjxtclseqs98ex7/wish/2572058294 Violet had breakfast at the Tulane Hotel and thought about her time at the Hermitage. She overheard the antis' conversations and considered becoming a spy for the suffs.]]> 2023-04-28 17:08:38 UTC https://padlet.com/lc60819/djjxtclseqs98ex7/wish/2572058294 lc60819 https://padlet.com/lc60819/djjxtclseqs98ex7/wish/2574013406 In chapter 13, we see the theme "inequality is injustice" we see it first. On page 154, when Mr. Martin and Myrtle are trying to find food, they sit at a counter. Instead of serving them, the boy working calls the police. but they get out before the cops come. but the worker gives them food in the ally way. and gives them an address to a hotel that lets white and colored people.]]> 2023-05-01 17:33:36 UTC https://padlet.com/lc60819/djjxtclseqs98ex7/wish/2574013406 lc60819 https://padlet.com/lc60819/djjxtclseqs98ex7/wish/2575628699 2023-05-02 18:36:08 UTC https://padlet.com/lc60819/djjxtclseqs98ex7/wish/2575628699 lc60819 https://padlet.com/lc60819/djjxtclseqs98ex7/wish/2578699055 In chapter 15 Violet is in the dining room, and the Antis are talking about how they lost the senate vote. and then a Civil War veteran has a plan to kidnap and then bribe a legislator to vote against the suffs. and when Violet hers about this she goes under the table and sneaks out of the building and goes to find Chole. ]]> 2023-05-04 18:36:21 UTC https://padlet.com/lc60819/djjxtclseqs98ex7/wish/2578699055 lc60819 https://padlet.com/lc60819/djjxtclseqs98ex7/wish/2591698790 In chapter 16 Violet and Myrtle are taught how to drive the hope chest. When it's Myrtle's turn to drive Violet sees Mr Martin and asks why he is reading a newspaper all about Baseball. ]]> 2023-05-15 17:46:42 UTC https://padlet.com/lc60819/djjxtclseqs98ex7/wish/2591698790 lc60819 https://padlet.com/lc60819/djjxtclseqs98ex7/wish/2591700961 Violet has to find the two legislators that decided to "run away" instead of change their vote. The suffragists need them to vote in favor of the Susan B. Anthony Amendment. In order to find them, she has to drive the Hope chest (car) and gets pretty crazy. She does it though!]]> 2023-05-15 17:48:14 UTC https://padlet.com/lc60819/djjxtclseqs98ex7/wish/2591700961