Hillsdale Whig standard. (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1846-1851, 1851-07-15

Butthe great work before US is the educa-
iion oil those JUST coming on the stage Of sc-
tion' Begin with the girls Of today, and in
twenty years we can revoutionize this ma
ton. The childhood of woman must be free
and untrammelled. The girls must be al
lowed to ronp and play, climb, skate, and
swim; her clothing must be more like that of
the boy-strong, oose-flling garments, thick
boots, ETC., that they may be out at all times,
ane enter freely irto all kinds of SPORTS
Teach her 10 go alone, by night and day, if
need be, on the lonely highway, or through
the busy streets OF the crowded metropolis
The manner 10 which all courage and self
reliance is educated out ofthe girl-her path
portrayed with dangers and difficulties that
never exist, is melancholy indeed. Better.
far, suffer occasional insults. or die outright,
than live the life of a copard, or never, move
without protector. The best protector
that any woman can have. is one that will
serve her at all times and la all places, Is
courage: this she must get by her own ex-
perience, and experience comes by expo
sure. Let The girl be thorou ghly developed
in body and soul-not modelled like q piece
ofclay, after some artificial specimen of hu-
manity, with body like some plate 10 Cod
ey's Book Of Fashion and mind after the
type Of Father Gregory's pattern daughters,
loaded down with the traditions, prosperitiee,
and sen,imentaties OF generations of silly
mothers and grand mothers-but left free 10
be, to grow. to feel, to think to act. Devel-
opments is one thing; that system of cram
ping, restraining, torturing. perveriing, and
mystifyiDg, called education is quite another.
We have had women enough befooled under
the one system, pray let US try the other.
The girl must early be impressed with the
idea that she is 10 be ga hand, not month";
a worker, not drone, in the great hive Of
activity. Like the boy, she must be taught
to look forward to life of self dependence.
ard early prepare herself for some trade or
profession. Woman has relied heretofore
too entirely for support on the aeedle-that
one eyed demon OF destruction. that slays it's
thousands annually pat evil genius of our
sex, which, 10 spite ofall our devotion. will
never make US healthy, wealthy, or wise.
Tesch the girl it is no part of her life to
cater TO the preJudices Of those around her.
Make her independent OF public sentiment
BY showing her how worthless and rotten a
thing it is. 1t is a settled axiom with me,
alter much examination and reflection, that
public sentiment is false on every subject
Yet what tyrant it is over US all: women.
especially, whose very life is to please whose
highest ambiti on is to be approved. But
once outrage this tyiaut, place yourselves be-
yond his jurisdiction, taste the joy of free
thought aud action, and how powerless is his
rule over you! his scep,re lies broken a,
your feet, his very babblings of condemna-
tion are sweet music in your ears; his dark
ening flown is sunshine TO our heart, for they
tell of your triumph and his discontinue
Think you women thus educatee would long
raff qiIehfr ySr~ aaeG1s. -Ahe11uu tq,un IT,
they would soon settle for themselves this
whole question Of Woman's Rights. As ed
ucsted capitalists and skillful laborers, they
would not be long in finding their true level
10 political aud social life E. c. STANTON.
Senaca Falls, May, 1851.