River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-08-23
GIVE them the Reins."

Why not? They, too, will learn to
guide, it you give them the opportunity
to hold the reins. They, too, will tame
the affrighted steed and make him sub
Ject to the will of man as we'll as woman.
They, too, will retrace their more hasty
steps to meet the wanderer on tho way,
when danger is passed Then, too,
emergencies must of necessity arise in
which woman is compelled to assume
the reins, both for personal and public
safety. They, too, have demonstrated
the fact that they are equal to the ne
cessity under thousands of dangerous.
and even perlous circumstances. But,
they, too, need the time, the place, and
the opportunity to exercise the skill
that God hath given them.
A brighter day is dawning for the
woman of the nineteenth century, and,
consequently, for all coming time They
are no longer shut out from the profess
slons and from light employment for
which they are so eminently fitted; they
are no longer confined to the needle.
the spindle, the nursery, or the kitchen
for the means Of independent liveli-
hood. They have sought the pen, and
they have welded it with a power that
has given them position and remunera
ton. They have sought the printers
case and the telegraph Office, and thou
sands are now employed in both, at re
munerative wages. They have sought
the pulpit, the Esculapian tablets, the bar
and the rostrum, and success has crown
ed their efforts. Mrs Van Colt. and
hundreds of other women in our land
are examples of the first. Ia the med
ical profession, their number is already
legion; at the bar they are rapidly adj.
vancing, while on the rostrum. such
ladies as Anna Dickinson. Mrs Liver
more and others, are doing more to ele
vate the character of public debate
than all the male speakers in America
And this is the browning excellence of
woman. Whenever she appears in pub.
lie, she elevates the tone Of public SEN
timent, commands attention, and is
treated with respect.
1t is folly in man to decry the weak
ness of woman. Give her the oppor-
tunity whenever and wherever you will.
and she rebukes most pointedly that
spirit of arrogance which everywhere
Iervades society.
With her pen, Mrs. French,
of the Busy West is marching
bravely on to crush down the mighty
walls of bigotry and superstition, that
everywhere surround the hearts and
conscience of men. That she is in I'D
vance of society-that she is in advance
of the times, few will deny; but that
she is brave pioneer, all will concedc.
OF hundreds of others, perhaps the
same could be said but she is the P'0-
ncer Of the best, and more particularly
challenges the attention and admiration
of western men and women.
Again we say, be not alarmed, but
give place-public place and position to
WOMAN She will fail, occasionally,
but not as often as Man. IT'S true, she
mas not had the experience of man, sim
ply because the fashions Of society have
forbidden it. But she has good sense,
tact, forethought, grace, elegance, in
much higher degree She has, honor,
prudence, and conscience, if we may so
speak, in a much more refined sense.
Give her the reins---she will not run
away with your fortune-she will not
baukrupt the State