Woman stock is rising in the market. I shall not live to see women vote, but I’ll come and rap at the ballot box.

Child’s quip blends market language with political prophecy. By saying “Woman stock is rising,” she frames women’s social value and public influence as something the culture is finally beginning to recognize—an ironic nod to a society that measures worth in economic terms. The second sentence turns wryly supernatural: she doubts she will live to witness women’s enfranchisement, yet imagines herself returning to “rap” at the ballot box, invoking the era’s fascination with spirit-rapping/Spiritualism as a comic way to insist her commitment will outlast her lifetime. The line captures both impatience with slow reform and confidence that suffrage is inevitable.