St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-26
THE WORK OF WOMAN
1t Will Be Amply Exempli-
fed at the Columbian Ex-
position.
A Magnificent Building to Fe
Erected in Chicago in
1893.
Mothers, Wives and Daugh-
tiers of America Asked to
Assist.
The Council Adjoupns to Meet
in Washington in the Year
1895.


filled. 1.-The Matriarchate, or Mother
Age" was the subject of the first
paper read. 1t was prepared by Eliza
beth Cady Stanton, and was read he
fore the council by Susan b. Anthony.
Goods Women" was the SubJee, Of
paper by Rev. Anna r. Shaw. Of this
city. the lecturer of the National W. @.
Il. U. At the afternoon session, Mary
F. Seymour. of the Business Nomen's
Journal, read very able paper on the
subject of "Occupation Of Women
to Date" A paper was read ~
Mrs. A. Van ii. Wakemau, OF the
Chicago Post OH what do the Signs oil
the Times Signify" AT the evening
and closing session papers were read 5y
Ella Dietz ClymeT, of New 4orz, the
president of Sorosis, Jennie C. Cra.y.
and by Charlotte Emerson Brown,
president. of the WOman's FEEDERS
ton of Clubs. The next paper reai
was by Mrs. Bertha HUnore Palmer
of Chicago on the subject UI The board
of lady managers OF the Columbian eX-
position. She spoke IN part as follows
of what the board proposed Go TO a. She
exposition: "a magnificent size has
been assigned US, and $4,000 auprg pr.-
ated for the construction o tine U1n'as
building. 1t will undoubtedly be
kept as permanent memoria. oil WON'T
ans work after the fair Is over, and u
it all wOman'S organizations and c'1-
vocationS will find a home. TN, 5ulid-
ing is to be designed by woman Afe
hope by thus calling attention 40 the
work Of women in architecture TO 3I5
. fa fint rnf .-lf
urally belongs to them, chat of
domestic architecture. We shall Ty 10
provide in this building for aIl p0- Bile
wants of woman, having lu view
bureau of information with inter
prefers and guides for strangers, par
lors and balconies where ladies may
rest and chat, an exhibitors ciuU room,
model kitchen where demonstration
lessons may be given, we hope without
charge, loan exhibit OF colonial, Old
Dutch, Scandinavian and other relics,
recalling the early history OF our COIN
try and the various uatl0nalitieS from
which we are sprung, and also OF OBJ
jects developed in the home by the
taste of women. One wing OF the build
ing will possibly be devoted to
showing the reform and charitable
organizations originated and carried on
which will be sent by our auxiliary as
ISOLATION formed through the instru-
mentality of our foreign ministers in
the countries to which they accredited,
and by means of which we
shall be enabled to indicate
the condition and attachments of
women in every part of the world. We
shall also have an administration room,
committee rooms and an assembly room
for all congresses and assemblies which
may be desired by women. In the main
gallery there will be probably shown
some of the most brilliant achieve
ments Of WOman's hand and
brain; there will doubtless be,
in many cases, duplicates OF objects en-
tered for competition in the general
hibit under the regular classification,
the duplicates being placed in our
building to emphasize the fact that they
are the work of women. In reading
list of the organizations represented
here, it occurred to me that we
might obtain also a most unusual
exhibit from the missionary stations III
the inaccessible and unfrequented parts
of the earth. and | beg the ladies repre-
Senting missionary societies TO realize
that they may aid both themselves and
us by showing the life and work of
women in heather countries. 'fOr the
first time in our history mothers, wives,
and daughters of America have been
permitted to assist in the management
of an important national enterprise, and
have been allowed the high, but demon
alizing privilege of slipping their tin
gers into the national purse, in order
that they might prepare an object
lesson, showing sthe progress of
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educational and other privileges have
that with the enlargement of her oppOr-
unities her sphere has extended and
broadened until she now works success
fully in almost every field heretofore
given up exclusively to man; that she
can do many things and do them all
well, and that there are no in
tellectual heights she cannot scale.
Hers are essentially the arts of peace
and progress, and her best work is
shown in the reforms she has had the
courage and the ideality to inaugurate
against time honored wrongs, both leg
islative and social, and i'll the gradual
elevation of the standard of moral
ity. We feel the necessity
OF showing this Influence and
the advance which it has caused, but
are handicapped by the fact that the
most valuable part is spiritual, and that
it is difficult to show progress in alb
Stract things except by mass of sta
tisticS, which become significant only
when intelligently and sympathetic
ally read. Will you not aid
US with your experience and
thought to show woman's work as a
beautiful whole, with its animating
spirit, and not as a mere mass OF ma
terial things. We wish the worlds fair
of 1893 to be memorable as a great eX-
hibition, greater than any which ever
preceded it, but we also wish
its history to be a golden page
in the annals of women's advancement.
1--WE urgently request therefore that
each organization represented here APP
point committee of five of its most
able women to consider the work we are
trying to do for our sex at the fair, and
to present to us at an early day their
may best accomplish the great end
we have in view, and to inform
US IN what manner their associations
will be able to cooperate with our
board in its work. and we ask that they
send their suggestions, applications for
space, ETC., to our headquarters in Chi
cago, where they will be gladly received
and most carefully considered and
acted upon. The board pressingIy i'll
vftes this council to hold it's
international meeting in Chicago at the
time of the Columbian exposition, when
it will place at the service of the ladies
the assembly room in the Woman's
building. and should it not prove large
enough. through our congress auxiliary,
the MAGNIFICENT auditorium can be Sc
cured for the meeting OF international
council of women"
The council adjourned to meet in
1895.