The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1851-11-07
Women,s Rights,

women's Rights
On ibs l4,h October, at Worcester,
Mass, Convention was held for the
consideration OF Women's Rights. A
large number ofboth sexes attended, and
the subject Of the condition ofwomen
was fully discussed. We cannot be in
diTeren, fotany movement calculated 10
affect ihe well being and happiness Of The
mo,hers, wives, sisters and daughters Of
our country. The women Of America
are confessedly the most intelligent, the
mos, virsuous and the most admired in
the world. Their station is the most
elevated. They approach nearer and
more perfectly the position Of compan-
ions for man. than any where else on
Tie globe. Yet |, appears from these
Womcn's Conventions that they are not
satisfied with wha, they have attained,
nor with the more than chivalric homage,
Difference, and respect with which they
are treated. They ask, and demand a
more equal place in the world Of mind
and action than has hitherto been accor-
ded them, and il must be confessed are
moi much disposed to consider man any
longer the Lord Of Creation, but seek to
divide bis Empire, and to limit his con-
troll, to take part in his employmenis and
10 share with him the more arduons du-
ties Of life.
We have no disposition TO meddle with
the question Of women's right to the
elective franchise, or Of their fitness, as
some have claimed to command vessels
OF rule States. We have, il is true, IN
the course OF history examples + women
who have commanded armies, like Semi
raniis of old: who have ruled States like
Maria Theresa Of Austria, and the ''good
queen Bess" Of England; Of diploma,is's,
as Msrgaret, Of Savoy. and Louise, Fran
cis's mother, OF France; oi female minds
who have given evidence, like the cou.
sins Anauld, Of legal capacity Of SO high
an order SHAT there was no apparent OBJ
slacle but sex and profession to their sue
cessfnl rivalry of The greatest masters d
Judicial eIoquence in France"-- we have
examples, like Harriet Martineau
I in our own time, Of women, who
have mastered the snbstruse science .
political economy, and in the earliest ant
Ishe latest ages Of women, from Mirisn
to Mrs. Hemans and Sigourney Of the
noblesi poetic genius. The present age
lis familiar with female writer's a. d auth
rs who possess the most exalted facul
| ties. to enlighten, to amuse and to in
siruct. In the world of literature thel
|! have won their way TO an unquestionet
pIace--- hut the demands we allude 10 g
beyond literature, and women claim nov
The right to be doctors, legislators, auth
ors, and workers in any and every capa
city in which man is employed.
As a matter Of course, The demands
made are as extrayagant as The means e
consumma,e them are in many instances
|peurile. The change Of costume, ss the
| Bloomer and other new fashions, have
been urged on the ground that simlla
costume 10 that Of ihe males would leat
to similar privileges. II the costume i
pretty and becoming as well as convent
emf, ii will be adopted, but Tor very diff
ercnt reason. Woman has been by ma
lure designed as mans companion ant
helper, and women cannot do augb
which will permanently lessen the esteem
Iof The opposite sex, without unsexinl
and exposing themselves 10 deserved
Iridicule and contempt.
There are duties sin life fro m whicl
the condition Of women as the mother
Of the race must ever exclude them, AM
tie desire 10 occupy such stations mus
| ever be confined 10 sterile old maids Q
masculine ladies' who have pever full
appreciated what most constitutes th
Iloveliness and the charm Of their sex 81
1.-THE consideration ot these conditions
lhovevei, we do moi desire to meddl
twi,h. nor in fact with The majority Of u,
Iqnestions nootcd in these welnsn's rigbi
4 Conventions. We ave nevertheless read
10 admit that the condition Of women i
society is nor what il should be, nor wha
these enquiries, extravagent as are ih
pretensions they unfold, will compel itt
)bo These conventions are but The con
lyulsion of imperiechy regulated sociei,
demanding q better state og ihings.