The end of Alaska's serfdom was near at hand.

So they preached, and knew they were preaching truth, for what remained of Alaska's men after years of hopelessness and distress were fighting men.

And the women who had remained with them were the mothers and wives of a new nation in the making.
These mothers and wives Alan met during his week in Nome.

He would have given his life if a few million people in the States could have known these women.

Something would have happened then, and the sisterhood of half a continent--possessing the power of the ballot--would have opened their arms to them.