When you put your hand to the plow, you can’t put it down until you get to the end of the row.
Meaning of the quote
When you start working on a task or goal, you have to keep going until you finish it. Just like when you are plowing a field, you can't stop plowing in the middle and expect to have a good result. You have to keep going, even when it gets difficult, until you reach the end. This quote means that you should not give up on something important that you have started, but instead, you should keep working hard until you complete it.
About Alice Paul
Alice Paul was an American Quaker, suffragist, feminist, and women’s rights activist who played a key role in securing the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits sex discrimination in the right to vote. She endured police brutality and imprisonment for her activism, and later led the National Woman’s Party in their fight for the Equal Rights Amendment.
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