True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-07-29
Woman's Rights. or Something Exclu'
sively For Our Male Readers.

We believe in Woman's Rights, and to
prevent any misunderstanding, shall again
define our position.
In the first place, as laborer, she has
right 10 engage in any work to which
her skill and strength are equeal. There
is no reason in the world why dozen of
fields of profitable employment, now shut
against her, should not he opened to her
taste and talant-selIing dry goods, set
ting types, keeping accounts, engraving,
designing, model. making. &c. There
are many such departments OF labor in
which she could not only succeed in max
ing living, but in which her sucsess
would surpass in skill and efficiency that
of persons who now usually fill those
places.
This right to a larger field Of labor
being conceded, we mention it as second
right of woman TO receive full wages for
her aoork. LISA disgrace 10 charstianiz
ed and civilized community to pay only
half price because The work has been
done by woman. We cannot conceive
of more unjust thing than 10 pay wo-
man half wages because she is the weaker
sex +; and yet, with few exceptions, wo-
men will work in many kinds Of labor
side by side with men, and when evening
comes be paid off in half or two-thirdl
wages. II might be more Unjust, but il
could not be meaner, if you require FER
to work for nothing. The right Of
euery woman, is to be paid equal ,0ages
for equel wOrk aOith mans.
Then again woman has rights as a
,oys. She has aligbt 10 know her hus-
bands business |; she has right to ! now
his friends and habits she has right 10
his company and respect. As the ruler
of the house, she has right 10 convent.
ent and comfortable house. One half Of
our wives through the country, live out
only half Of their days in health and hap
piness, because their kitchens are not fiji
TO liue and Work in. Now we say wo.
man has the righ. to the bes. kitchen that
her husband can build. We doubt wheth
er, ordinarily, husband has any more
right to put the kitchen in the cellar than
he has 10 put his wife in the pest house,
The wife whose days are often all spent
in the kitchen, has right TO have il
above ground, we'll planned, fitted will
conveniences for cooking, ironing &c
She has a right, and so has her daugh'
ters and domestics, to good house, a
convenient we'll with pumps in order 10 a
clothes yard. with posts for clothes lines
&c. No man has right 10 drive hi
women folks" every wash day, tc
fence stakes, barn doors, the neighborjnG
orchard, or some other chance provision
10 fasten the wash-line. Let the clothes
yard have well kept turf, SO that if
piece should get off the line it need no
always be washed over again.
Noman has rights, too, as daugh
ter. She has a right to as good an educa.
ton as her brothers receive, she should
not be put off with reading, writing ant
cyphering." We do not say she shoult
have the same education, but we say al
good an education and if her fathel
leaves any money when he dies, WI
moreover say that his daugeters have
right to an equal share with the sons, -
1t is a great mistake to suppose that be
cause woman don't smoke, nor chew, no
keep fast horses, nor drink, &C., tina
daughters need only half shares.
We would beg to suggest another righ
which We think woman is entitled 10,
and that is, to have something else beside
"Aattery and nonsense ialkedio her,
We would venture to remark 70 on