Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-12-03
THE .tWOMAN'S RIGHTS"
QUESTION.

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are living in the Diluvial period, and
the huge glaciers which have been &c.
cumulatiug for centuries on the noun.
talns are now moving down with
terrible force to remodel the world.
|; seems hard to some to sec the beau
THU. bouldcrs We thought so firm and
enduring crushed and ground to pow
der. But the cid land marks mus:
be abandoned and We may comfort
ourselves in knowing that our pulver-
ICED roc!, VII ha The rich and bounti-
iAl soil OF a ..ture age.
Among h 'luges." OF these glaciers
is the "Womans Rights Question" one
of the most prominent features in this
revolutionary era. In its initiation and
progress its fortunes SO closely resem-
BILE those OF the an,i-slavery move
mcnt, THAI We may perhap. safely pre-
diet its ultimate success. 1t is slowly
hut s"ve!y gaining TO its side the press
ofihe country, and even establishing
q press of its own. "Ths Rvoltion,"
published III New York City, is al
ready well known. Another woman
rights paper is published in Chicago,
and more recently still the "Homaa's
4drocate" has started out, from Dayton,
Ohio. This paper is devoted to
Woman; Her emancipation from relig-
ious, social political and moral slavery"
We can hardly see the appropriate-
ness Of discussing religious slavery in
womans paper. If there is religious
slavery, surely the men are under its
influence to the same extent as the
women. Socially and politically she
certainly needs championship. She
needs help to free herself q Little from
the unceasing drudgery of household
labor. Many are proposing co opera
tive Housekeeping as a remedy for
, this; bat we cannot yet see that this
Will beniiit woman much. The care
and TT ouble OF keeping any one Of the
departments of so large business in
working order world, it seems proba-
bic, be equal to the care of overseeing
ones own house. Besides, very few
women can afford to have all their
work done by the association, and they
Will be obliged to go INTO one Of the
working departments. Ii there are
any housewives who prefer the labor
OF 3 hotel girl or washer to
the labors of their own household, we
have never seen them. The best rem
edy for the over worked housekeepers
seems to us to be i'll a simpler mode of
living. Palmer food and fewer changes
i'll the form Of attire would lessen wo-
mans work UNNECESSARILY and give
her time 10 consider whether she wish.
es political rights or not.
1t has been said that woman is not
yet ii. to vote, she must be educated
up 10 it. W. INK woman are con-
tent to wait al q ing to be taught,
if to the same col are sent FIVE
eighths CT the present voters. Surely
no one will SAP that the women OF a.
merlca arc less intelligent or more in
different to their coun.ry's welfare
than are that proportion Of our voters.
Against giving woman the ballot it
las also been urged that it would be
useless. She would vote just as her
father or husband did, and though the
number of votes would be increased,
the question ut issue would not be at
tectcd at all. AS far as purely politi-
cal questions are concerned this might
prove true. But there are other things
of importance to the world, and when
woman have the ballot in their hands
we feel sure that intemperance and So
cial vice will be dealt with more Sc
verely thans now. And tor this reason
if for no other We would say God
speed the cause of wv oman's Rights
n.