The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-09-02
VIEWS.
Mrs. Godbe Expresses Some of
Hers

traitors HeTdkd:
1 have the honor of having been
born in city Boston, Mass }
where the women are said to hold
views, and wishing to sustain the
reputation of my eastern sisters in
the city of my adoption [ would ask
the privilege of expressing some of
my views in the coldmEs of your
useful paper?
Perhaps to a greater degree than
any other class of women, have the
women of Utah, the pioneers to
Mountain wilderness, demonstrated
to the would the possibility of
women occupying and with exc
cutive ability filing and discharg-
ing offices of public trust. ! In every
town, village and hamlet through
out Utah Territory are organiZa-
tiOns composed of women, with
women only for executive officers.
There is a general society called the
Young Ladies Mutual Improves
ment Society,"" having for its ainl the
circulation of general information
upon all subjects of education. May
it not be that in years to come this
embryo organization shall show to
the world a fui grown child of
gigantic proportions Mountainous
regions have always been said to
favor physical strength; then
mental development with proper
cultivation must be a power when
growing upon sure foundation,
such as physical force can secure.
An active mind must be sustained
by a healthy body, or its great
power for general usefulness is lost.
1t has been said by some pro-
found thinkers that high altitude
was conducive to spiritual develop
ment and freedom Of thought.
Surely it must be here that free
dom of thought IS facilitated by
freedom of pure air; and in our
home among the Rockies, we
certainly enjoy plenty of fresh air,
untrammeled, and as years go on we
hope to show to our sisters through
out the civilized world that we
have not thought in vain.
We have a number OF small stores
in the City of Salt Lake sustained
entirely by the business enterprise
of women. We hold property in
our own names and pay taxes upon
it. We have held the elective fran
ehise until recently, when some
have been deprived Of it.
Taxation, without representation
is a great injustice. l fail to see q
legitimate reason for depriviDg US
Of this constitutional right, al
though wise men are arguing and
agitating this subject and have
deprived us of the right TO vote
upon questions of as vital interest
to US as they possibly can be to any
man or set of men.
The era for woman has daRned
and in union only lies strength.
When earnest women can strike
hands Of fellowship and clasp them
around the world in unite effort,
setting aside all petty ambition and
personal gain, then, and not till
then, will men accept us as the
power we really have it in US to be.
My heart is deeply panied by the di-
visioDIin theWomap's suffrage ranks.
No thought of personal difference
should enter into question Of pub
lie interest. Nor should theology
in any wise influence the united eff
fort of women when struggling at
fearful odds TO gain political justice
from the hands of men.
| We Utah women, pioneer women
to suffrage, are slow to relin-
quish our proves, as a great step
for women everywhere was taken
when We Z were admitted as
citizens of the United States, well
qualified to raise an intelligent voice
In the interests of our Territory
| We are really more independent
than our sisters in the east In many
ways. Cur lives as pioneers into a
desert wild have fitted US to meet
the stern realities Of life, and while
there is a kind of compassionate
feeling for the manufactured
| women Of Utah throughout
! enlightened Chrlst9ndom, we
IN our home, have some
cause to give sympathy.
| During my travels Of several years,
in the cid world and the new. it has
been my good fortune to meet the
broRdest CHARITY ana largest liberal
| ity among purely literary people,
This is prOverblal. 1t is only the
bigot who is narroW-minded. The
intellectual are ever reaching out
for information, so they cannot af-
ford to become fossilized in any
given opinion. AS the tree dies
when 1t ceases to grow and put forth
new shoots, so does the life in man
become deadened when he ceases to
grow in all good works.
AS a Mormon woman, [ have
received as much consideration and
respect as though / had been q
Methodist or Catholic. When in
vited to give views upon the
Mormon religion, I have done SC
conscientiodsly, hoping to break
down the wall of an unfoundec
| prejudice and wherein my OWL
personal views might differ from
from some teachings of this religion
[ have given them as my OWE
| views and not as doctrinal points
Z; To benefit the community, among
whom | was raised, has been the
| effort of nv Ii rooli1juO here were