, 1875-06-06
WOMAN.
Tbs Pay Of Male and Female Teachers
"A Plea for the Latter.
a. Iafae's VieWs of FreuchHomeu---
The Critic Criticised.
Miscellaneous Notes Relative to tho
Fair Sex.

| THE PAY OF MALE AND FEMALE TEACHERS.
| 10 M Editor u 1ht Chicago TrtounS:
CHICAGO, June 4.-That it ia misfortune for
| woman to be compelled to eatu her own Eyeli-
hooo Is something that few thoughtful persons
WI aeny. Aer proper sphere is her home.
1uat many women ate forced to earn Z living,
ana IN addition, to asaist in maintaining male
relatlves' 's- notwithstanding it's mourufulness,
truth. When this world reaches its true bless
eoness, and every man ia physically and men-
t24y competent to cara for himself and bis
famAy, one va1ed question will be forever laid
to rest'-the question Of the difference which
ought to be made between the salaries Of male
ana female teachers. My attention was called to
shl5 subject by letter slgned Benedict" which
appeared in The TRIBUNE recently. The writer,
who II doubtless male teacher in the Chicago
high School. gave two reasons why females should
Do employed sshalt-price: First, because they are
cheaper. In the worlds market, a woman OF
good ability GAO be had for SO much less than Z
man Of good ability, that employers had no right
to make her services more expensive by pairing
more for them. She had always beon cheap
article, and should, for the good Of taxpayers
that is. mankiud,-b be kept cheap. The same
reasoning would have supplied this world With
sla7e-iabor till the 'crack Of DOOM" They
were slaves; it would be expensive to free them;
therefore. they ought 10 remain slaves.
Another argument was somewhat after this
fashion: male teacher should be paid double
IN order that be may be able to support family,
which he might, could, would. or should h2ye
This argument is in the potential mode. /
anawer: Tbs female teacher wears her "1ue
With difference." and she ought to have large
family to take tho place OF the family which she
may, can, or must not have. In other words,
while be can train up children to be to him in
his old ago what she perhaps has BEEN to hei
parents, she has no hopes outside this County
Poor House, or the kind Offices OF mere friends.
The dependence which would have been burden
to her in youth and middle age becomes = ne-
cesslty in old age. She msy have expended
much OF her limited income in seEf-lmproya-
ment, and may, though cheap, have become
good aud efficient teacher. In her old age how I
ever, she ia obliged to - step down and ous,n |
with no "store OF boarded wealth." as her msle |
bachelor associate can have, and no chimney
corner y in the home Of son or daughter a. her |
male married associate can have.
IT'S true, it's pity" that these single women
will sometimes live and grow old teaching. Hap !
oily, only few do so uncalled-for thing. Sick |
less incapacitates soma after fow years strue-
gle; death and marriage take others but the |
ioctr1ne Of the survival Of the ftteat :" ope- [
atea here, as elsewhere, and savea few for the |
Chicago High School. Should not these, not
- Benedict's Bind remonatrances |
70 paid according 10 the departments they fill, |
nd not ~ females Very respectfully yours, |
one OF THEa.