The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-02-16
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sA~'o Ivy poer ouoys uO1Sy auO ugly
women, engaged in holding meetings.
reading addresses, olamoring for what
they call their rights, and denounoing
men as their tyrants and prosecutors.
They claim political rights. They want
TO vote in elections, to sit on juries, to
become members of Legislatures, and to
enter the professions Of law. divinity,
medicine. and. in general. to do what
ever men do, or are allowed to do.
These unhappy spinsters seem uncon-
eoious OF any difference betwi1t thom-
selves and the sterner sex. and arc con-
Observation-Disclosures to thofdiscri,
uainatipns yliohaseparate them in. law
and in she:'usseges of sooiety. As they
have apparently failed to oonciliate the
toVe of men, they choose to regard them
as their rii7els. who, having control OF
many good things, wrongfully exclude
them from any participation in the en-
joyment. We have long been accus-
toned to disregard these complaints,
and to .disallow these demands. For
women, if'for any, the post Of honor is q
private station. But there IS another
class Of females, who have likewise made
some complaints, and modestly set forth
their wishes. We must be careful to
discriminate between them. They are
essentially different The latter ask sim
ply for an extension and widening Of the
field OF useful and reputable employ
ments, 80 that they may be taken into it.
They recognize the necessity of work;
they engage heartily in it, and they are
villingto stand and be judged by their
indnstry and appreciation. their skill
aud usefulness. They ask proper en-
largement OF their sphere for these pur-
poses, and tender consideration OF
their claims and efforts. Who that
knows the evils which follow in the path
a. the niNlization Of our times. will not
cheerfally acquiesce in this demand.
while regretting its necessity?
There are large numbers of the tender
sex left without natural protectors in
life. and without the means Of decent
support, and often with the superadded
burden OF some even more helpless and
dependent ones thrown on them. # 80.
oiety 'adyanoes in good directions in
these latter days, it at least becomes
more and more inexorable and selfish
with every step of progress that it takee.
The days OF ohivalry are gone; sponta.
neous. unasked regard for woman, as
dependent and delicate, exists, perhaps,
but is less efficient and less successful in
coaching it's objects. In self-defence,
women are forced into business, and
now crave that additional channels OF
activity and usefulness be opened to
them. It is we'll that there are so many
modes in which they may make them
selves seful and EARL modest compe-
teacy. We have visiting this country
now an English lady. Miss Emily Faith
full, who has been active in her own
country in the cause of destitute mem
bers OF her sex. in organizing protective
Unions aud other agencies intended to
ameliorate their condition and smooth
their way to employments. The victo.
ria Press. which publishes for the Queen
and is under her patronage, and which
employs female compositors exclusively,
is the offspring Of her energy. She has
teetured in New York, Boston and other
cities. and the result of her candid and
sensible representations, and the intense
sympathy she evinces. has everywhere
been to increase popular interest in her
theme. Woman's right to at least equal
rewards for her toll in those industries
which are adapted to her powers. is now
freely conceded where, short time ago,
it would have been denied. At the
ninth, anniversary OF the New York
Wotking-women's Protective Union,
few evenings since, she made q brief ad.
dress, in which she said that she felt no
regret for devoting fifteen years OF her
life TO this object. At home, she had
felt the great need of fresh channels for
female industry. She touched with ten.
der effect on the life of q working
woman, and the disastrous timo OF sick.