The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-03-28
Education of Woman.

| speaking generally, Inc GralnlnS anu ulsci-
pine that are mostsuitabe for the one sexi in ear
iy life are also the most suitable for the other
and the education and culture that fill the mind
of the man will prove equally wholesome for
the woman Indeed, all the arguments which
have ye5 been advanced in favor of higher ed
ucation for men, plead equally for the higher
education of woman. In all the departments
of home, intelligence will add to woman's use
fulness and efficiency twill give her thought
and thought, enable her to anticipate and
provide for the contingencies of life, suggest
improved methods of management, give her
strength in every way. In disciplined mental
power she will find stronger and safer protec-
ton against deception and imposture than In
mere innocent and unsuspecting ignorance;
in moral and religious culture she will secure
sources of inhu ence more powerful and endur-
ing than in physical attractions; and in due
self-reliance and self-dependence she will dis
cover the truest sources of domestic comfort
and happiness.
But while the mind and character of women
ought to be cultivated with view to their own
well being, they ought to be educated Literally
with view to the happiness OF others. Men
themselves cannot be sound IN mind or morals
if women be the reverse; and If, as we hold 10
be the case, the moral condition OF people
mainly depends upon the education OF the
home, then the education of women IS to be
regarded as a matter of national Importance.
Not only does the moral character and the men
tai strength of man find its best safeguard and
support in the moral purity and mental Guilt
walton of woman; but the more completely
the powers of both are developed, the more
harmonious and we'll ordered will society be-
the more safe and certain its elevation and ad-
vancement.
But while it is certain that the character OF
nation will be elevated by the enlightenment
and refinement of woman, it is much more
than doubtful whether any advantage IS to be
derived from her entering into competition
with man in the rough work of business and
politics. Women can no more do mems work
in the world than men can do women's And
wherever woman has been withdrawn from her
home and family to enter upon other work, the
result has been socially disastrous. Indeed, the
efforts of some of the best philanthropists have
of late years been devoted to withdrawing
women from toiling alongside of men in coal
pits, factories, nail shops and brlck-yards. i,
There is, however, one special department. OF
woman's work demanding the earnest attention
of all true female reformers, though it Is one
which has hitherto been unaccountaoly neg,
lected. We mean the better economizlng and
preparation of human food, the waste OF which
at present, for want of the most ordinary culli-
nary knowledge, is little short of scandaous.
IF that man is to be regarded as benefactor
of his species who makes two stalks of corn to
grow where only one grew before, not less is she
to be regarded public benefactor who econo,
mizes and turns to the best practical account
the food products of human skill and labor.,-
The improved use of even our existing supply
would be equivalent to an immediate extension
of the cultivable acreage of our country-nott
to speak of the increase in health, economy and
domestic comfort. Were our female retormers
only to turn their energies in this direction
with effect, they would earn the gratitude of all
households. and be esteemed rs among the
greatest of all practical philantropists.