Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-01-20
Occupations of Women.

Almost daily we read items like
these: "A woman in Iowa owns and
controls two banks "In Austria there
are over 5000 women employed in rail-
road Offices" "There are in this coun-
try $500 women engaged in agricul-
ture, $4,000 in manufacture, 2S2, 900
milliners, $4,000 tailors, 2,473 female
surgeons, rs lawyers, and lG5 clergy
men," Mrs. Hutchins, of Springfield,
Mass, one of the most successful bust
ness women in the country, is dealer
in musical Instruments. WIhere are
from fifty to 100 female medical
students in Paris, among them woman
of color" 90. Satisaw, young Japan
ese lady writer, has been taken on the
editorial staff OF one. of the best news
papers in Tokio." "In Topeka, Kansas,
there are three women commissioned
as notaries." Mrs. Forbes has patented
an invalid's bed, Mrs. Gartreli, a step
ladder, Mrs. Durham, neck-yoke and
pole attachment, a device by which
horses can be detached from q vehicle
when danger threatens" "NIrs. Z.
Nodler, of Keokuk, has one of the finest
and largest grocery trades in the State"
We have female railroad official and
schoolgirl engineer. Lady photogra-
piers, stenographers, and telegraph
operators are common. A year or two
ago an unlettered Irish woman died in
New Orleans, leaving fortune and one
OF the largest bakery establishments in
the country, all the work of her own
hands, besides dispensing much in
charities.
Women as dry goods clerks and
cashiers give better satisfaction than
most men, because they never en-
bezzle, are quicker in making change,
detect counterfeits quicker, and seldom
wish to run the whole store. It is quite
evident that men are failing to provide
employment for all the women; bust
ness is threatened, and they must go.
It is possible there are Abimelechs
in the present day who entertain the
same feeling toward women which he
expressed when he called hastily to his
armor-bearer and said: "Draw thy
sword and slay me, that men say not
OF me, woman slew him." when one
OF the weaker vessels put an end to his
victorious but sinful career by crushing
his skull with piece of milestone.
From woman's standpoint the out
look never seemed more hopeful than
now. The time was when men were
willing to be leaned upon and women
were willing to lean, but leaning is not
pleasant occupation to engage in for
ones lifetime, and the saying of St.
Paul that "she who marries does we'll,
but she who marries not does BETTER"
has been verified by bold and adj
venturous few of these surplus women,
and others are following their example.
They are learning that God gave them
health, strength, and power to think
and to execute, just as He has the
sterner sex. He also said: "It is not
good for man to be Alone" and as
woman performs as great part of the
worlds work as man, why should she
not walk hand in hand with man, doing
whatever her talents make her capable
of doing, or, in other words, why should
her sex limit her progress? If God
had intended woman to be excluded
from all moneymaking vocations, or
any other for that matter, why did He
not mention it in His plans ?-Phre7eo-
| logical Journal.