St. Landry democrat., 1890-03-08
WOMEN
IN THIS COUNTRY IN NEWSPAPER WORK
AND THE LECTURE FIELD.

IN THIS COUNTRY IN NEWSPAPER WORK
AND THE LECTURE FIELD.
The first before US is the Ladies' Mes
senoer. a monthly journal devoted to wo-
man. and published in Houston, Texas,
Mrs. Laura E. Foute, native of Louisiana
is the editor and proprietor and Mrs. Julia
Truitt Bishop, associate editor. The jour
nal is well conducted, shows good adver-
tisine patronage and the editorial and
general make up of The paper is good.
The next is The Appeal journal de-
voted chiefly to the interests of women,
and published in New Orleans, semi
monthly by the Appeal Publishing Com
pany. The name of the editor and mana
ger is not given. They are furnishing ex-
cellent reading, both editorial and cores
pondence.
The Ladies' Home Companion published
semi monthly at Philadelphia Pa, and
Springfield, Ohio. 1t contains story, a
page of 'sMothers Chat" conducted by
Louis Long Christin. A page of "Practi-
cal House Keeping" conducted by Mrs.
Eliza R. Parker. A page to Decorations
and Furnishing" A page to "Fancy Work"
conducted by Hattie w. Wetmore. A
page on s'What We Shall Wear and How
to Make it, Conducted by Dinah Sturgis A
page to the .'Care and Culture of Flowers"
A corner for children.
Another is our Church Homes, journal
of womans' work, published at Philadel-
phia, monthly. 1t is interdenominational
and is ably edited by May Field Mexican.
On the front page of the February number
is cut of DR.. Annie Deuckla Ramborger,
who was the first woman graduate in
dental surgery at the Penusy lvania College
,kn1 or
The article relative to graduation and
giving the trials through which she had to
pass to obtain her diploma, is very inter-
est1ng, She is now in her thirty-third
year and her income is over $1,000 year.
The next is The Woanan's Tribune, pub
lished weekly at Washington. D. G and
Beatrice, Neb.. and has for its motto:
Equality before the law" 1t is ably con-
Quoted by Clara Berwick Colby, assisted
by Sara Winthrop Smith. The leading
article in the February first issue, is in
reference to Susan B. Anthony, reviewing
her life on the occasion of her SEVENTEEN
birthday, and on which we have been
asked to make some comment.
The american recognizes in Miss
Anthony one of the leaders of woman's
suffrage. Indeed, we believe she has
Justly been called the Napoleon of the
movement but this point we shall not
discuss at present, SO far as our opinion of
the movement is concerned Miss Anthony
like many other ladies' of this age, deserves
mention. She was born in Massachusetts,
and brought up by Quaker father and
Baptist mother. Her father was once
quite wealthy, and she was educated for
the profession of teaching. Her father
failed in business, and in her fifteenth
year she began teaching at 80 week.
When in her twentieth year, a male
teacher was engaged in her place at sala
ry three times as large as she had re-
ceived Her thoughts were diverted to
the injustice of unequal wages, and her
power was felt in this direction for fifteen
years in the New York Teachers Associa
ton. On one occasion in this association,
the problem was discussed at length, why
the profession of teaching was not as hon
ored as that of law, medicine and theol-
ogy." Prof. Dawes, the author of Dawes
arithmetics, was the president. Miss An
thony rose at the latter part of the discus
sion and called "Mr. President" and not
thinking that lady would attempt to
speak on the subject, he said, "what
wonid the lady have 2" The sense Of the
meeting was taken, and she was permitted
to speak, and did so as follows: 81 merely
wish to suggest solution to the question
you have been discussing. AS long as
society says that woman has not brains
enough to be lawyer, a doctor, or min
lister, yet may be a teacher, do you not see,
gentlemen, that every man of you who
enters the profession of teaching puts him
self on the level of this degraded class,
and tacitly acknowledges that he has no
more brains than woman" The dis
cussion ended that settled it. She has
been an earnest advocate of prohibition,
and has delivered some telling temperance
lectures, but says woman is powerless in
this direction without the ballot. She ably
edited for three years weekly paper, the
ReyoIuti0aa, during which time she man.
aged to accumulate a debt of $4,000,
which she paid by earnings from her lee
lures. She was arrested and tried for vot-
ing at the Presidential election of 1872
In this trial, the judge asked the question:
on voted as woman, did you not p
.sNo sir" she answered 'Ivoted as cit
izen of the United States" She came out
victorious in the trial.
Miss Francis E. Willard, of the w. G.
T. u, has made national name and de-
serves mention, as well as host of others
but space forbids US.
Truly, the nineteenth century is wom-
ans century. - Exchange.