Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-06-19
Lady Managers Of the World s
Columbian Exposition.

Lady Managers Of the Worlds
Columbian Exposition.
The following extracts are from an
article in the Richmond Dispatch, con-
tributed by Mrs. Judge Jno. Paul, one OF
the Lady Managers tor Virginia, for the
Worlds Columbian Exposition. They are
of great interest to every person, in Viz
ginia particularly, and should be most
c,relnlly read and studied. We regret
that want of space prevents our publish
inc the entire article. No State should
surpass the grand old Dominion in the
intent and interest Of her EXHIBIT. That
the women of this fair land can and will
be heard from in a surprising manner at
this Worlds exposition is now GER
tain. The immense part taken by
woman. and the work she has done
separately and in conjunction with
men in the wonderful advancement of the
past twenty years will be a revelation
that will amount to revolution in the
minds of the vast majority OF the "lords
of creation" Above all the woman's dis
play at this exposition will be of incalcu'
liable value in opening mp hundreds of ave-
mes to her that have been heretofore
sealed against her, and she will take her
true place abreast of man, yes, sometimes
in the lead. in the broad paths of indus
try, science, philosophy, &c, so long for
hidden to her sex. Woman's exhibit at
the Columbian Worlds Fair, will show
that she is not always the weaker vessel,
with nothing whel orphaned or widowed
to defend her from suffering and often
starvation but the needle. Let every
woman in Virginia do her part towards
making the exhibit of her sex at the Ex-
position the wonderful success that 1T Is
bound to be. There, as elsewhere, must
the beautiful women of Virginia take
their place as the faiiest, the wisest, the
purest and the best of Gods gift to earth :
The Board of Lady Managers of the
Worlds Columbian Exposition, which
was authorized by the FItty-first Con-
gress, consists of two women commission
ers and their alternates from each state
and Territory, nine from the city OF
Chicago, and nine commissioners at large.
ITS COMPOSITION.
The Board of Lady Managers is CON-
posed of women of many differing shades
of opinion-poitical, religious, intellec-
tual, and sOcial-but they all agree in a
high conception of atriotism and duty
and Of their responsibility to the indus
trial interest of their sex. In the list are
to be be found journalists, lawyers, doc
tors. college professors, real estate agents,
stockralsers farmers, teachers, poets, and
artists. So large proportion OF the mem
bers are practical busness-women with
clear comprehension of the wage-earners
view of life that their influence is the
dominating force in the plans and pur-
poses of the board.
HEADQUARTERS.
The Women's Administration Building,
which will be the headquarters of the
board, will be one of which every woman
in the country may we'll be proud. The
voupg lady who designed it received
81 900 as a prize, and her designs was
selected from twelve others, all the ex-
elusive work of women architects and all
ereditable. A beautiful site has been
selected and he generous sum OF S2OO,-
600 appropriated for the erection OF this
triumph of wOman's skill and ingenuity.
In this building will be an administration
room, committee-rooms and large as
semby-room for all lectures, congresses,
convocatiOns, aud organizations of wo-
men there will be parlCrs and balconies
where ladies may rest and chat, bureau
of information with guides and interpret
ers TOR strangers, and provision will be
made for all possible wants of ladies and
children. This building and all its
facilities will be offered free of charge to
all the women of country.
A THOROUGH CANVASS.
The board proposes to establish bureau
of statistics aud make thorough canvass
In order to discover for itself the con-
ditiOn of the women laborers of this
country, especially the amount of child
labor employed, the proportion of pay
women get for their proportion of work,
to ascertain if wOman's quickness and
delicacy of touch are of distinct value in
some kinds OF employment, and to see if
there are any salient features which have
never yet been recorded. They hope to
advance the. status of woman by call
ing such attention to her position and
needs as must result in benefit. To this
end they invite the sympathy and help of
all women. In this way only will they
be able to present to the world summary
of woman's work, of her achievements III
artistic, literary, agricultural, domestic,
and industrial pursuits that shall mark
an epoch IN the history of womankind.