Call Me Miss Hamilton: One Woman's Case for Equality and Respect
This miss first answered to Mary the name that her parents Robert and Elizabeth Hamilton gave her in 1935 Her name on their lips was music to her ears Like her biblical namesake Mary the mother of Jesus little Mary had a spirit within her It was a fighting spirit
Mary’s parents raised her
to know right from wrong In Catholic school Mary admired her teachers Those nuns were tough and brave For a while Mary wanted to be a nun to be called Sister But she would find other ways to bring about change
