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To celebrate Women's Equality Day, I'm giving away free music! Feel free to use the song in your classroom or programs. I'd appreciate receiving an email so I know where I've "been." Gerri Gribi See more resources for Women's Equality Day (August 26, U.S.)

1) Right-Click (if you're on a PC) or Control-Click (on a Mac) on the song title until a dialog box appears

2) Choose something like "Save Target As" or "Download Link to Disk" (varies by operating system and browser)

3) Import it into your MP3 software the way you normally do!

Oh Dear, What Can the Matter Be? (Lyrics: L. May Wheeler)
Download a songsheet with lyrics (and other resources) here.

For the first 150 years of our nation's history, "democracy" excluded more than half the population. This changed only after one of the longest, most remarkable and successful nonviolent efforts the world has ever seen. The suffrage movement was born in 1848, at a time when women were not legal entities. They had no rights to their property, their children, or even their own bodies...which makes their achievement even more remarkable!

Like any civil rights movement, this one used music to rally the "troops." Wheeler set her words to a popular turn-of-the-century parlor tune; it satirizes some reasons popularly given for denying women the vote.

The 19th Amendment was certified on August 26, 1920.