, 1875-01-10

rvs occupations open TO women, when there Wal
no high school for girls, no college that wouli
admit women !: when women lecturers, IaWyers
doctors, editors, and ministers were unknown,
up to this time. when all these things and MANY
others aEo free to women. the gain seems mar
relous. But.the gain in legal rights is even
greater.
It il not thirty years since married wonAn
could not own money, eTen when she hid earned
ii by haru work She could not make will Of
sw property she possessed. 6he gaTe birth to a
ohld. and the law said it WAS not hers. She
ccald not make a contract. She could not make
aTalid deed Of the land she owned. She could
not be the guardian of cnildren,-not even of
hsr own. She had only the pauper right. viz !:
rhe right to be maintained. All the hard work
ot her hands and all the income from her brain
belonged to the husband, who owned, and was
supposed to support her. To-day wife can
legally earn and own, can buy end sell and will,
e.: male valid decd, can be guardian Of chill
drcn, and. at the marriage ceremony, is not
aecsssNly required to promise to obey.
lu:WTontng and Utah Territories women are
vDterE- In Michigan moro thau 40, 000 meu At
te polls cast their vote for woman suffrage. In
many States women are legally elected and do
se1Es Oh the School Board. lows has taken the
afx legal step to secure suffrage for women.
Three Judges Of the Supreme Court in Maine
express the opinion that women may legally
servo Is Justices Of the Peace In that State. In
tnngress and in every Northern State Legis1a-
tarn the equal political rights of woman are dis
tueeed.
Thrs, from the smallest OF nil beginnings,
through three decades. has the good cause of
Wolaau's Rights grown into place end power.
kerit only raits to be crowned with woman
ia1,sge
To this end societies exist IN every Northern
hsste. supplemented BY county and town socie-
nea BY political clubs, pledged to secure the
sec3on OF Lcclslaturee Of such men as will vote
toi the entTauchisement OF women.
-. An a1rn- OF women arc leagued together in
f9ieran covenant to eecure their rights to
soiec in making the laws which they are required
10 obey. The time cannot be far away when
I'm viii be accomplished
As al incentive. to activity it should never for
moment be forgotten that IN the different States
Iae hw makes women tho political eqnals Of
faapezs, idiots, lunatica. feIons; OF men guilty
bribery, forgery, Illegal voting, du6ling,
aexeon+ and any other crime or Weakness which
nntlts men to be trusted with the rights Of cifi-
fenship.
,. 1ms picture OF gain and loss closes the yeat
10fo' Nay the next ono end NTH brighter color.
=. WOMEN TN sAxoNY.
!: a"efaca1 Emerson says: 81 hare thought a
sos:sene measure OF civilization is the influence
- buS0 women he ID SAID 70 pe tAe most
,P0pnlar forelgn essayi5t in Gernany; and it is
20 .es1an that these peotle are most fond of such
a'efasure as is fu1thest beyond their comprehen-
aon' Nevertheless, no true Saxon would sub |
ss''ne to this Particular dogma. For, yonder /
~ m.as3es-wagon piled with country Produce, and |
aa~n by woman and { dog tugging on either |
sfes Tue SHAFT, while the h1sband-drirer walks |
an'nsuubefed alongside, is so far from being |
angular Spectacle that after now some sl1
IL seaH daily familiarity with it, confess to =
ssa -aaco'fs IN quite sympathizing with the indig
.-as ea ot newcomer. But, indsed, this Is
s.susune; only 1T nigftfsn re shall meet the
saSs wagon hone"ari drawn by the same team;
<.o No seated upon the empty hampers. smokes
ss.ss .s.e &'e nsn had master Of NIL Let Us be
a's sssas haad 10 cst1yus WY do: % not tas.