Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-08-05

INC lISIuH, anu Oh tIic IdiiiIN, ana
every advantage which She now en-
joys was dcncd hci; when, ii she
uIIrIcu an upln.Dn in public she was
ioohed upon as busy and dIsagreea-
bic woman; when II was hcr place
10 learn from her husband WnaI she
might WISH TO know; when She
Vas not permitted TO attend cnurch
"Ith uutONcred mead, or cut III her
halr; when 1t was thought that We
,Ad moi dare 10 educate woman be-
cause II would make her overUcar-
ing and disagreeablc; that they had
80 u,t Ton cuuCLuOu, that II you
ducatcd rnrm obey would want to
teach, Anu t1dt would never 90, tor
: tI.e ideas they would teach would be
rulnous ~ eCcrcty. How changed
10 we find it today. Now, after Il
.ons tins, we sec the REFLECTION OF
ler poN,r Tor good beginning to
shine upon the pages of few men, :
Thoughts, and a few ladies' were ell
Outraged, or permitted, to teach
school, and it was found they made
better teachers than men and our
system OF teaching was advanced
and our standard OF education was
raised higher and higher. Well,
then, it was thought. if she could
each successfully she might be per,
nitted to talk some in church, and
there it was found she COULD dlscou
man in usefulness and good works
Then she was given the privilege of
preaching little, and 1t was found
out she could preach, and then it
found chat she could practice mcdi-
cine and we have our female phvsi-
clans today. And, III fact, we find
IN every high and responsible place
in which she has been permitted to
take part she has gone beyond
our expectations. To-day the ques-
ton is can woman perform the re-
quirements of public places. Why
today she fills some of the most
responsible places of public trust in
our government. Is she honest?
Not a single instance can be cited
where she has delaulted, has been
incompetent or failed to give the
best of satisfaction. Yes, but the
croaker will say, she isn't brave
she has never been a soldier. What
RICH, has she to belong to the Grand
Army? WHY, dear sirs, the best
right in the world. She has not
only been a soldier, but she is brave.
Behold her acts and then tell me
whether she has been soldier. In
the late war we found women help.
ing in every department. Every
hospital had women busilv engaged
in caring for the sick, dressing the
wounds of the wounded, assuaging
/ the pain of the diving, writing sad
messages of death to bercaved ones,
Yet, under all these sad circumstanc,
es where sickness. Grief. torn and
manpled forms of all dissertations
constantly before them they went
bravely forward, never murmurine
or complaining. The great arml
might move forward with its might,
power, dashing over mountains, OF
throueh swamps or through wilder.
ness, engaging the enemy and fight,
ing desperate battles, and vet, while
the cannon are still laundering ant
I the musketrv scattering its deadl,
hail all around, we find womer
4 establishing field HOSPITALS and un.
4 flinchingly performing her benign
mission. Ask the poor wounded
soldier, who is piteoutly calling tol
y help, and he will tell YOU she is a
her post at the field hospital grie
stricken. but calm, a ministerin,
= angel to mangled and dying human
itv. Perchance there may be a fianI
movement hv the enemy and on
:, HOSPITAL comes within range of thei
guns and shot and shell! ily all around
r still do we find women staying wit
/ the wounded and in several instance
d has she been captured. Do not al
y, of those acts require the greatest q
bravery?
Again, take the instance of tn
o soldier from Michigan, who ha
t carried the k"apsack OF a sick com