Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-07-16
OCCUPATIONS OF WOMEN.
Tho Various Pursuits Ia v74ich Fcmai'
Labor Has Found EmpioymcnL

Labor Has Found Employment
Every ambitious girl is at some
tlmo possessed by doslre TO carn
money, and looks Ibout 10 discover
what sho can do.
There are over three million women
md girls in the United States who arc
engaged in other than household oc-
equations. and the army is constantly
increasing. In other countries wom-
en- have long mingled with men. and
performed labor which an American
would be liable TO consider adapted 70
male laborers only. Many people
would be amazed II told that there arc
sixty thousand female farmers, or
agricultural laborers, in tho United
States; yet good authority gives this
estimate. In Georgia 1t is not thought
improper for girls who work in the
field TO wear male attire. by doing
so, they escape the cumbersome dress
wnlch would drag in the dirt and catch
on woods and briars. Two girls. sis
ters. In New Orleans have gone into
the dairy business. They have largo
stables. milk many cows. and appear
to be doing well. The business is q
paying one. and not 30 unwomanly as
might appear at first thought There
arc others in various parts OF the coun-
try who are similarly employed. e.
In New York City there are three
women who are well known as butch
ers, and one has followed the business
at the same place for twenty-five years.
Another has been butcher for twenty
years. One would naturally expect
such women TO bc coarse and mascu-
line, but ono OF them Is said TO be "a
delicate and reilned-loolsing little wom-
an. and in or out OF her store would
hardly be supposed equal to so robust
an occupation" rt
San Francisco has a girl blacksmith.
aged fifteen years. and II Ia said that
she can turn out us fine n shoe as ever
graced the foot OF IL race-horse. Here.
again. one would expect to find a stout,
coarse grained person; but on the con-
trary she is said TO be rather fragile
than strong. with slender arm md
shapely hand. The delicate finish OF
her work shows II fineness OF nature
unlocked for in n girl blacksmith. She
does not, however, intend to put her
accomplishment TO u practical use.
In Bay City. Mich. girls are en-
pioyed us shingle packers There arc
thousands OF odd and unexpected things
which women and girls do in order to
earn money. II Is merely matter Of
taste or choice that decides whether a
girl will do housework, stand behind
shop counter. or perform one Of the
many things which she can do II she
tries. 1t is plain TO be seen that her
sphere is not so limited as is usually
supposed. Nearly every person is
adapted for something. II a girl can
make money by milking COW, maxi
ing horse-shoes or packing shingles, 1t
is quite as respectable for her to do 1t
as for a man. There was girl in
Connecticut who served as iircman and
engineer on locomotive. or course
she was obliged to disguise her sex in
male attire. She was an English girl
who had performed similar work, in
disguise. in her own country.
The professions are open for girls.
They may become doctors, lawyers.
etc. At the present time
there are at least twenty-five
hundred women physicians in this
country. A great Frenchman has
said: ''Womcn show themselves
superior to men in all kinds
of Offices; men can only keep up with
them. when cultiyating themselves
more. when lifting and educating them
selves to Il higher standard" II this
Is true, then our girls should take cour-
age. They have natural advantage |
over the opposite sex at the start.
which will, IN time. overcome the arti-
fcial disadvantages Of social restrio- |
tion; where women have genuine su-
they surely have at many
points-it is certain TO place them ON
a level with. II not above. their broth
ers There is one rule which holds |
good for both sexes: Learn what you
,an do best, and do 1t TO the best OF |
your ability. ."-Treasure-Trovc-
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