Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1870-07-07


can they get bread The fact sh.t is.
00c wouaer are driven N seek work fo
fhesnselves Is argument eEongh that b
opening more professions, more education
n advantages 70 them. Ne shall not b,
guil:y-if guilty il is-of allurins then
away from shsir homes to the temptation.
OF the outer world.
She drew q parallel between the assu
rnsnts now used against giving po,itica
power to women and those advanced il
ancient times against giving il to mechan
les and merchsnts. aud. In more moderr
times. to the vorking-uen Of the ooua
try; and she then met the views Of those
Who supposed the granting to women o
their due rights would turn them irto IN.
feminine and unnatural creatures. II
there were any grounds for such fears she
would synpathize with the alarmists, bat
she could point to many instances where
the very opposite result had taken place
She declared that thoss who had talked
aud feared thus seemed utterly to disre-
gard the fact that two millions Of the six
millions Of the women over twenty years
Of age in Great Britain, who we're engag
ed in independent Industry. had neither
husbands nor children nor fortunes. She
specially pointed to tho hardships impos-
ed by law on married women in not pro-
tecting their fortunes.
Lady Anberly quoted the testimony Of
De Tocqueville as 20 the superiority OF
women in the United States. where they
GIT Offices closed against them in England
and she related the case of Miss Pschy at
the University of Elinburg. as one Of pc
culiar hardship. One of the advantages
I hope for. she said. in the admission OF
women to political power Is, that their
sympathies being strong. they will bring
their interest and energy to bear on many
injustices Of social life. Towards inn
rrovement in female education Lady Am
berley considered there was much to do.
The same means of university training
should be open alike to both sexes. and
many of the existing endowments should,
on the rcadjus'ment Of their FUNDS. be
shared BY girls. The Queen was cited as
the model Of an English woman, the beau.
~ Of whose domestic life had not been in
the least impaired by the great RESPONSE
bilities Of her public life. After advoca-
ting woman's suffrage aud noticing the
progress which that question had made
since its introduction by Mr.. Mill in the
House Of Commons in 1867, Lady AM
bcrlcy. in concluding. observed: !:
I will briefly SD up the measures which
ws conceive 70 be required in order TO &C.
cure that equal Justice which is oil that
We demand. We desire. first. that there
should be great improvement in the ed
ucation Of girls, and a restoration to them
Of those endowments originally intended
for the sexes, but which in some iu.san-
ces have been appropriated exclusively to
boys. Secondly. as a natural sequence
to the first requirement, that equal facili-
ties should be granted 10 women for the
attainment Of the highest education and
Of university degrees. in order that their
special faculties may not be consigscd to
compulsory idencss. but may be tarued
to the benefit Of society. Thirdly. that
oil professions should be open to them.
and especially tha. no new act, medical
or otherwise. should actually exclude them
as they are excluded now. Fcurthly, that
married women should no longer be de-
barred .rom the separate ownership Of
property, in order that the poor may en-
JOY that protection which the rich pur-
chase for themselves By the cumbrous ar
rancemepts Of marriage settlements -
Filthy. that widow should be recognis-
cd by Law as the only natural guardian Of
her children. Sixthly. that the franchise
should he extended 70 woman rs a means
Of power aud protection in all matters af.
fected by Legislative action. Sevcnthly,
that political and social interest and work
should be open equally to them, 80 that
If there DO talent or aptitude in any Of
them the state may not be the loser, both
by the exclusion Of those qualities they
share with men and Of those characseris-
tic Of themselves. Eighty, tha. public
opinion should sanction every occupation
for women which in itself is good and
suitei 70 their strength. Ninthly. that
there shoald be no legal subordina,icn in
marriage. Tenthly. that the same wages
should Be given for the same work. Bu.
I hear some Of you ask. "All this being
granted, esi bone p answer yoa sim
ply: We hope and trust to try il an infa-
sion Of justice and more occupation. Of
new vigor and new life, Of warmer SYN.
pathies and larger hopes into womcu's
hives will not alleviate some Of the suffer-
ipgs Of this struggling life. II it aNevi.
viases but httls it 10 we'll il il have the
effect l anticipate il will do more - oil
events, les rs hope. Aud sad will be the
day when we become seepticsl Of iudivid-
val and social progress