The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-29

This reads like an extract from one Of
the editorials of the New York papers OF
lSiS, which used to sneer at the woman's
rights women Of that day, women who ut
many sacrifices and much risk cspouscd
the cause Of women, claiming for them
the right to earn their living at any occu.
patton 10 which they could adapt them.
selves. and ut the same rate OF wages that
was paid 10 men; that all the
avenues OF education should be
opened TO women that were then open TO
men; and that generally she should be as
free in the race Of life as man was Mrs.
Stanton, Miss Anthony and others who
were then the brave advocates oi wOman's
right to freedom, were iccrcd nj aud
worse than openly insullod. There were
not wanting men who tainted them with
thus taking the first steps to iniamy, be-
cause, rs they held, womnn's place in ma.
turo was that Of the household drudge,
the scamstrcSs, tho school marin,
and the millincr. Al that time NJ dcbascd
and brutal so narrow Low and ,il, v,s
mans idea Of the woman worker that hc
regarded any form OF employment M mere.
IL s,cpping sion, ,o no, dow,f,lI into
the pit whence there Ia no resurrection
In all cities tho conyictlon WINS ycn.
cral with men that millincr's
shop was the ante.cbambcr IN tho
bawdy. house. The sphere Of women
WIS contracted and tho Eastern ilca WINS
full upon men and even many women
believed that God had made them for
snare ami temptation 10 destroy mon.
The childish fable ~ Eden was still I'm.
for Darwin had not vet
got 80 far rs tho evolution which
the Governor Of Tennessee, in his
igornancc and in the hco of the
highest intelligence of tho world. do. |
nounccd In his iocblo way nj wavcrly.
Hut thanks To Mrs. stanton and Miss An.
ihony and thousands Of women through.
out the world great change has come
over the estate aud condition Of woman.
Evolution In any II It's processes knows no
such marvellous result Us the almost mar.
tyrlom Of ,hcsc bravo pioneers In the
cause oi woman has produced. Since lSIs
the evolution in the methods and means
ior the education OF women has advanced
from the boarding school 10 the female
seminary, next the co-cducational school
aud academy, then 20 tho female college
aud next 10 the womau's college like
vasscr and wcllslcy-and at last TO the
anncxcs to tho English and Irish uniycr.
stiles, and 10 Harvard. and other uniycr.
sites Of this country. While this process
Of evolution was going on aud women
wcro giving practical proofs Of their ability
10 cope with men In the highest msthc.
ma,ics, siaid professors and Journalists
were discussing the question Of her powers
Of endurance In study. Her practical
answer WIS the graduation for several years
oi women ut tho heads Of tho classes Of
the uniycrsiticain mathematics. philosophy
and metaphysics. Women In England me,
men on their own chosen ground
oi the classic. and carried OIL the honop,
And while this grand result wu helm,
achieved. silcncing the tongues Of bcso,tcd
blrois whose little souls ach ed a. ,hey saw
woman thus asserting her mental equality
with men. she WINS entering the professions
and was making her mark as cnrycn in
stone. wood aud brass, a. paIntcr and o..
pccially as physicians aud LAWYERS. Women
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