Weeding out

They called themselves The Dandelions, after the flower.
They believed in obsolete values - like equality, freedom of speech, like justice and peace. They were rebellious women who had forgotten where their place was. Or maybe they were pitiful creatures whose husbands and brothers hadn’t taught them right, whose families failed in their duty to instill in girls the understanding that their role in society is to obey and bear children.
They called themselves after a weed - and like weed they had to be taken out before they could take root and cause serious damage.
Every last Dandelion is gone now.