Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-12-27

an address before a recent woman suffrage
convention, at indianapolis, said
Within the memory OF many Of IT,. a woman
wa, thought competent To teach only The small
children IN the summer Schools when her pav
Tor such teaching was a dollar week. aud >hr
was expected to board around. NOW women
are professors in colleges, with good salaries.
In four states they vote on all school matters
They are STATE and County Superintendent of
Schools. and by far the largest number Of teach
ers Ia all the public schools are women. When
woman WIS nominated a. superintendent OF
The Boston schools. with a salary of 81 $50 Il
wear. gentlemen said the salary was too large
for woman. But enough other men ,ad
that the most suitable person WIS the one best
entitled Ia the salary, aud they voted the
place 10 a woman.
II j. within the memory of many Of u that
Teaching. sewing and keeping house were The
only occupations regarded a, suitable for Wo-
men. Di these the teacher and the Seamstrcss
had very small wages, while the woman who
kept the house for her own family was legally
entitled 10 IN" food, clothing and medicine.
Now the census records u occupations thai
are open 70 women. II l. within the memory
Of many Of H. that no woman was Il public
speaker out Of the Quaker church. Now all
platforms are free 10 them. The lyceum offer,
10 the woman lecturer the same open field that il
does 10 a man. The pulpit and the bar are both
occupied hy women. II j. within the memory
VI many 81 N~ tlldI lllf woman lilA ~flIn ltl
not exist. Now they have a successful prar-
tirr IN every large riiy aud many OF the small
rr towns.
II j. thin the memory Of many Of IL when
there ASS not college M the world that adj
mitied women Now there are not only
Nassar. Wellesley aud smith, di-iinctiyelv
colleges for women, but beginning with Obcr-
lin. which was the first. and ending with the
greut London University, which was the last
10 admit women to all it, departments, there
ARE between the-e two other trst-clas, colleges
Cornell. Michigan University, Boston Uni
Versiry, and al the West larger number-thut
welcome women 10 all their advantages
IL !, mol many year. since married woman
could own nothing that She earned: could not
make a VIII of any thing IA" Possessed could
not sue or Ice sued: could not carry ON bust
ness, had no lawful right 10 her children, and
could not even be- their guardian; nor had she
The right 10 her own person. Now, in most of
the state all this Is "hans'l or very much
modified.
The governor Of Ma->achu-,ri, Differed a
prison entirely bt women. and that prison
red with the most desperate characters. and
after year mentions the >Hcrc-S 81 the expert
meni. Women are added to the boards of
state charities with power. The lir- in the
colleges are the peer Of the boy, in scholar
ship, often taking prize. All lhi~ tells upon
The grow ing Young men. vh ". until the proof.
assumed ili" inferior intellectual ability of the
female -cN. The womcn's congress, wear by
year, discusses grave questions. and commands
respectful reports by the press. The move
ment for Temperance i, TO q great trntcarricd
on by women. la England married women
have voted In municipal elections since 1863,
and now the English paper report a speech Of
Miss Becker faithful and constant worker
for the equal rights OF women. made to female
electors Of u ward In Manchester. urging them
10 sustain the candidates who will be interest
ed in the public health, baths. schools, sewers.
etc, while Miss Helen Tag Tor j. actually spoken
Of n candidate for member of parliament
All these changes are the direct result Of the
wOmen'- rights movement.
lfby the women rights movement" Mrs.
Blackwell means, as We suppose she does,
the woman suffrage movement, her assertic
above Is oTcn TO serious question. Tie
changes she notes are due to the progressive
and more generous spirit Of modern times,
and to the desire which is shared by every
true man to accord to woman the fullest