SHE lost but WE are winning

All throughout history it's been a trend that sometimes a sacrifice is needed to achieve a goal and make progress. This was demonstrated by many women during the Women's Right Movement. Alice Paul was one such woman who believed in radical reform to advance the rights of women, she went on a hunger strike in jail for the cause. It was seen during the Civil Rights Movement with Martin Luther King, his assassination helped open the eyes of many, even those who were prejudice were saddened by his death. Though he was vital in improving the rights of minorities while he was alive, his death did even more. Everyday soldiers put their lives on the line to protect citizens of the United States. Edna's suicide in The Awakening may have seemed like a loss at first, but it was needed to instigate a push towards  equality, it was a personal loss but not a loss for humanity.