Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-30
A wOMAN-S OPINION.
communicated

the trite subject of Woman S Sphere
The women OF Carson are as domestic
and womanlv as the most active oppo
neut of woman's rights could desire. ant
if there is an element of strong minded
ness here, it must be latent, and no
sensible. Let M prick few of the
bubbles So Stranger has SO clererly
blown.
First, Politically and socially woman
voice is not always heard through men
If it were, rumsellers and gamblers
would not. as now, be permitted to lure
men to destruction. Neither would
| other evils, too vile t. mention, be IL
censed by our lawmakers, as now they
| are.
Second, Woman was not created Il
d" helpmate'' for man. A reference to
the third chapter Of Genesis will show
that she was - created Il help, meet, or
fit, for man, and not. as ii IS SO often
wrongfully quoted. " helpmate.'
! Now. in what was she to be q help
meet for man ? In cooking his food
! No men make better cooks than wo-
nen, according to their own showing,
and who can tickle the palate like Il
French hancock Why. any old '49er
thinks he excels all womankind i'll Gull
nary mysteries.
| In making his garments Any tailor
excels her in the Ss:rtorial line. In
washing for him The whole paci.ic
Coast prefers China waShmen.
s l.
ones fitness for it, then. clearly, these
in iustries belong 70 man: and woman :,
in attempting to share in them, does
| !. urp mans lace.
| 1t Is not. then. Ill miuis:erinG to naa :
bodily needs, that woman finds her tI-Ese
work. Mans soul needs q help meet for
it. and TO be that help intellectually and
spiritually. the amp.est opportunities for
| education. should be afforded to woman.
! Third. Woman does not wish to uSurp
the place allotted 10 man, though just
what is meant by that, / can only gucss.
| What Is his allotted place, and who al
| lotted it to him
In different ages. and different conn
tries, custom assigns different spheres to
both men and women. In ancient days,
women led warriors to battle. Semira-
mis- and Boadicea are notable instances.
When Spain was at the zenith of her
glory. politically and intellectually, and
was the rallying point for men of letters
from every part OF Europe. women filed
acceptably professor chairs In colleges,
and universities.
Our higher 20 civilization closes the
doors of colleges against women. even
as students. Is it because knowledge
is power" and men fear that their power
may be wrested from them ?
The truth is. that woman's sphere
like mans sphere, is that which she
chooses. and is able to FILL
Let Rosa Bonlenr paint pictures :;
Caroline HerscLei and Ms Somerville
Florence Nightingale. minister i'll hos
pitfalls; Elizabeth Fry visit prisons ::
Jenny Lind charm the world with her
warhlings Rachel and Ristori iinmor-
taliZe themselves in tragedy; Mrs.
Browning pour out her soul IN deathless
song Grace Darling and Ida Lewis
brave the angry pillows to rescue drown
ing men, and Anna Dickiuson's voice
ring out III eloquent denunciation of
wrong.
Who dare say they are out Of their
sphere, and "usrrp' mans place Is
not the world richer for their labors and
are they any the less ''womanlv women?'
When Philippa, Queen of Edward III
of England led an army against the re-
hellious Scots, while he WAS warning in
France, was she any the less help to
her husband. than when embroideling
tapestry among the m lidens
When Isabella, of most glorious mem
DRY, equipped and proviSioncd troops.
and led them to the assistance OF Eerdi-
nand. beleaguered by the Moors in Ora
n ida, was she any the less q help to
him, than when she held Court in her
CAPITAL ?
When that brave woman, MIS- Price,
brought her husbands ship and cargo
safe into port, when the Captain and
officers lay dying from fever in the cabin,
WIS she out OF her sphere?
Suppose We grant that women. who
have husbands and fathers to shield
them from contact with rude world.
Should devote themselves to home du-
ties, and home pleasures. what shall we
say Of the great army OF women, that
war, and rum and death have left alone
in the world !? They have no homes to
keep They must go c'.t into the world,
ana struggle. or starve. Shall they be
accused o. manly longings'' because
they plead for an equal chance with men
IN earning their bread : Wien the |
brightest in:ellects. and the nobIest |
minds of the age, are clearing the stuGi!s-
ling Hooks which have so long stood in |
the way OF woman's highest develop /