, 1869-08-25
ASSURANCE OF WOMEN.
why the Accldant and Life ln1uE.
ance Companies arc Ketuetnnt to
Insure Womeus


ttp7n M Hdrtfo7d cuuSaah Au9un Ii.
II scens that The Railway PASSENGER Company
insuies only againat death. and vii not eompen-
Of insuynnce +tates IBIS u tfs condit1on1 Therr-
upon, toue Jealous people have rushed into PRINT
snd denounced the lasuEaooe company =
women, &c Women are not injured as men xrc
tlmplJ because they are WOMEN. There i no
@eps M. aofe n 10.
average. ald not thoae that wul consume their
s6ieh The tna1ra1ce eonpanies ns7e iesrned Il
Considerable coat, that Ii ddn1 pfy 10 1nx7re
women against acclde1t and nAke compensation
therefor al thing !ike the r4Ics nxed for nen.
Wnen tne accident conpanlee nlss s:srted. the,
wrote policies for women and children lndiscr1ml-
nattlr. They tired It for kone Year,; they lost
Ecney, and abandoned the deld to anybody wto
wanta 10 enter Il They aay that tnere are good
many 1eaaonA why they c1nnot anord 70 insure
women agairst accidents: some Of these aft ex-
ternsl, some physiological sone moral. none q
them have teeu arrived At ~ theoHxlo<. Wo-
nan's drtss renders her more liable to accident
than man =: ia sFarelog, getting ia and ous Of
cars Of HagonA Ia mills atnonE machinery, tn do
Dc4tic Wofk from clothes catching nfe, ETC. Then
again flight accident that Mhn would not feel
will ensable her, rate tat, even fright a.
.mss reiea woala havc no s1eSE . Upon nsns
ceived some lnterna, injury which would keep
them in led 1etE, from stepping down
even even is11ri ihen again, The Coz cnmpauics M @ foead @
great difficulty iu Asce!:.in.1g wha. ,1taHes do
"lncApscIixte womeu from business" AnaJ Of
them hadn't any business except to direct about
hopseGeep1rF, and II torloI that II such xeEe
Injured though It might " eolnetd.ns that man
wouldn't mtnd}. they we1e quite apt to LIE the per-
mftted nuut,er Of weeks upon the eofa and draw
tht!r conpen:atoo. THY had no special motive
10 get wcll and be abroad, men have, and Il was
ioupt that they were no honester than men IN
TACT tha, 1t was rery difficult to tell what did al
WOMAN IN greal many OF the cases of claims for
oolppensatlon. Nt,h munen It seemed inpostiple
10 get nj proper dt1Hit1pn Of The word aeclaeat
il il tInr also thAt none of tho life tn4urauce
cumpanes are rt7+clsiiT Anuou. 70 wEtte policies
for Honen- The larger portion Of Losses paid on
Lees goes TO women and children, 30 that they
are tie benf1clAziea and, In this case, have no
cause to complain Of The conpaacs, 1s Z rp!c.
But the risk OF insurtnR Wontn, In the present
state Of feeling about insurance, ia greater than
In lusuIlng men This ought not to he true, for
W0Hen ate ID lo0girtI as mtn, aud II Ii ONLY cI-
psAined b5 . remarkable fact, which the comps
MICS hsTc learned By experience II all women
Wculd tIsu1c. TINT ls ~ generally as men do, the
risks On them no1lA pay. But, it ts fact, that,
Il rule, healthy women don't Apply for pollciel
1t Is when woman feels pfemont,ou Of soms
disorder, Or has 1ome truubls that may or may
not be apparent to the examiner, TINT she applies
and, the companies SIR, that IN such euses netthel
| she neI her husband are apt TO disclose the zsa
state Of the case.