New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-29
THE ELEVATION OF WOMAN
THE AMERICAN woMAN's EDUCATIONAL Asso-
CITATION - REORGANIZATION - ADDRESS Bf


ages not the wisest the heanlest, anu os' eAcoo
OF her SEX il will be fault Never was creature
40 sxhorted bemoaned, and wrought over. The sur
fag Association has the heroic practice IN her sur
ferine CASE the woman's Council tried the eclectic
treatment Soross prescribed gentle pellets OF sugay
virtue warranted not TO If they did good Last
of all the reverend body whose long title at the heauine
smacks Of the deliberate past addresses itself to hyg
emo course tracing present ills TO their source and SET
ting that right with the Domestic Economy in one hand
and the needebag in the other This is no new scheme
Nearly ten venerable years have beached its locks lot
il took up its work before the and now meets 10
reorganize.
respectable morning audience met In Stelnway nan
yesterday TO hear an address from Miss catherine T.
Beecher the founder OF the Society The audience was
made up OF serious matrons fringe Of progressives
in jaunty hats and interesting faces Only one man
could be seen beside reporters Miss Beecher sat on
the platform with serious face atent while her brother
the Rev Henry Ward Beecher read this address:
The object for which this meeting is called is TO make
known the suerpgs Of multtudes of women which are
little realized by the prosperous classes ana TO consider
%SSei 81 sse portion Of the 9th
favored than IN any part of the world as to ednoa
many ways But still it true that not only those in
poverty, but even the most favored class
creditable to our age, our country. and our
religion. To estimate these evils appropriately we
must bear ia mind that woman is appointed OF
Heaven fulfil the most important, the most difficult
and the most sacred Of all human duties as the cher
educator OF CHIQnOOu anu lDt pIliuo VI tno
family state. These duties are many and diverse de-
manding in some departments scientific knowledge, in
erection, ALL conscientious aithfulness and sefdenyng
bonevoence For, as housekeeper she must organize
control the family state regulate the expenses the
food the clothing the warming the venuaton ana the
cooking In short the economy order thrift neatness
health and comfort, all depend on her controlling mind
The responsibilities of mother and infant at the
critical periods Of maternity and infancy come into
conscientious faithfulness tender sympathy, and
watchful care and for want OF these how many
The sick chamber also is committed TO woman, with its
demands for practical training and moral quail
She also is to form the habits develop the moral
nature train the intellect in the most impressbe
period childhood and at the time train and con-
mands that render the cODuga relation the most
miserable the most blessed OF all earthly ties. The
dumb animals, the claims OF hospitality. the ministries
the homeless the poor and the vlcousal these d-
and multorm duties make demands for both scen-
title and practical training as much so as any OF the pro-
LESSONS OF men.
now THE EDUCATION WOMEN HAS BEEN NEGLECTED.
But the expenditures. science, and training which
accorded to the professions Of the other
have been bestowed woman, and this has been
the chief cause Of the sueruGs that will be set forth at
this time Let first contrast what has been done TO
train men their professions with the sad neglect OF
womans We find in every state OF the Union profess
siOnal institutions with highly educated professors
ported by endowments, contributed by both individuals
and the State, counting. ia some cases, by millions
teach the laws that regulate the raising OF animals
and the various modes OF preserving them IN health and
soundnesS But woman, who has the charge OF the
human infant OF the health of childhood. and
who should be instructed in the great laws by which
health beauty. and soundness may be secured has
advantages She is 10 teach the first lessons in
moral IN tne ae rego %, 'g sSe
than any one, decides the character OF helpless
childhood for this and the eternal world And YET,
while millions have been invested in schools to train men
for similar duties there has yet been endowed
professionally to train woman for this her CHIEF and most
Again men have provided for themselves every adyan
fOr training TO professions securing pecunary indie
the position and character OF women. All the fine
those which should be devoted to the adornment
fort and attractions OF home-ife and peculiarly
adapted 10 the constitution and position Of woman. SO
the culture OF fruits and flowers the raising of silk cot
ton and bees the supernendance of diaries and dairy
farms. all employments suited TO women, and by
which she could gain honorable Independence. For al
these provide for themselves Agricultural Schools
Scientific Schools and various other liberal endowments
while little nothing, most OF our studies, has been
done to prepare 10 independence in these
professional training OF the requires different
kinds of educational institutions Both should be alike
mental faculties. But this being accomplished,
to which they devote their chief attention.
and continue the study and practice for o whole
pirate duties demand extensive culture in any
direction but shorter courses in greater variety OF EN-
training. and the result tending 10 secure awebaanced
mind For this reason the endowed institutions, proyd
ing extensive courses for the kind OF work
perform, are not suitable for women, who 10 be
trained for very diverse employmens. and those de-
nandng greater variety Of both scientific and
teal culture.
now THE PROFESSIONS ARE HoNORED AND PAID.
Both superior honor and emolument have always fol-
lowed professions provided with endowments and
hlghy-trained professors Thus those trained to law
medicine and divinity have gained the highest social
position and the best opportunities for obtaining nfu
ence and wealth. while empoyments that have no such
for and training lowest in honor
aud emolument. And when men seek to elevate and
han their IN.
dowed Institutions and highly educated teachers Thus
professions equality with what heretofore
have Men exclusively named the liberal professions,
liberal endowmeuts and the highest of
The same methods would produce the same effect on
wouans profession. Suppose that every state in the
Union had womans University, each depart
ment having at It's head woman Of
furnishing salary equal to what professors OF colleges
receive. And suppose the indispensable condition for
gaining such desirable position should be scientific and
practical training in all departments Of woman's proes
sion The Inevitable consequence would be that every
gain for herself and for her daughters she had them.
the scientific and practical knowledge so honored and so
available TO gain respectable independence. And the
ample Of these higher institutions would lead all the
semnares aud public schools TO incorporate scen
thc and practical domestic training as part OF their
At The same time liberal profession would thus be
created far more suitable and attractive than
the professions OF Then every young girl would
pursue nGl era,yye suited TO her taste
aud secure establishment for herself equal to any her
brothers could obtain. linen young 10
tempted to marry gam support, or for any other
object than the appropriate one Then those who remain
single or are widowed could still secure home OF their
own aud all the comfort and usefulness connected with
the family state And were women thus highly edu
Gated and peculiarly independent the Of the
Republic would be only educated Alright, but would
be stimulated high Intelligence and virtue the only
mode securing the love and honor of the coDuga state
woMASs REAL WRONGS AND THE REMEDY.
These considerations enable US to understand more
clearly not only what the real wrongs of woDan but
also 10 devise the remedy. In the higher classes
young girls are trained for practical end except TO
Get married. this end, beauty, dress. accomplish
1nents position and wealth the ailurement. And
when schooldays those who have generous re-
fined and elevated aspirations feel that Tor them there IS