Chapter 106: Pressure Behind Closed Doors

“Do you have some personal conflict with William?”

After Tyler returned to the association, she immediately told everyone the result of her meeting with William. Julie was soon summoned to the association office by phone.

In this bad economy, two thousand jobs for women were enough to make the Sabine City Women’s Rights Protection Association the focus of attention in the state, and even across the country.

Once public opinion followed, the higher-level association would inevitably pay more attention to the Sabine City branch.

With attention, and with real achievements to show, they could receive more social assistance, and everyone’s life would become a little easier.

Organizing marches and demonstrations, organizing rallies, paying salaries to the association’s full-time staff, and covering daily expenses all required money.

But as a nonprofit civic organization, they had no business units or operating institutions of their own. They could only rely on allocations from the higher association, social sponsorships, and some voluntary donations.

Two thousand jobs were enough to let them break free from their current situation. So after everyone gained a rough understanding of the matter, Julie was immediately denounced.

The president of the local branch was also a woman around forty. Most of the women involved in women’s professional sports were around that age. Those older than them tended to be more traditional in their thinking, and they had neither the energy nor the physical stamina for such work. Some of them would not even believe they were unfortunate, or that their lives were painful.

Only younger women cared more about these things, hoping they could obtain more rights equal to men’s and willing to contribute their personal strength for that purpose.

The president’s name was Elena, and she came from a middle-class family. That was simply how things were. It was said that the state association president came from a political family. Sometimes, women like them really did understand the workings of society better than ordinary women.

Elena’s question immediately made Julie feel as if the room were spinning. She also sensed something called “hostility” in the eyes of the others.

She did not know what had happened. Last night, these good sisters had been ready to help her seek justice from William. Now, all at once, they had turned around to target her?