The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-17
WIZ WOMEN GET LESS THAN MEN.
They Are Not Worth So Much because
They Are Weaker. n Woman Says.

The reason why most women workers are
not paid SO much as most men workers is be-
cause they are not worth SO much. says a
woman who believes what she says. who be-
lieved SO ten years ago. whose belief has
only deepened with every working year that
has passed over her head Women are not paid
so much as men because they do not really earn
30 much as men, That is a gencrnlizcd state
mcnt A few women are paid more than some
mon. because they arc doing something that a
man can't do SO well as woman can. They
are paid for the advantage of Sex Some
women get Just rs much for their work as a
man would get. because tho work has no ad-
vantage or disadvantage of sex either way.
Most women are paid less than most men be-
strength. strength Of body and OF muscles,
units of horse power.
work ana wf@ be haa iSr Tork and that
When people begin to talk about this matter
they insist upon 1 treating il IS 4 ability wore
that a woman's work isn't worth so much as a
mans in tho money market is because sho
The very fact that women hold tIe ire9 own
asnt VINE thsy dp in tIs c"msye
anything at all. ''""' '''AD 'N'"' Il - p'o'es
Some women. to be sure. are as strong as
men, But the mass OF women are not. And
the WACO mark for men and women. deals
Take the branches of work in which men and
women engage. and IN the great minority Of
more That Is true even in cases on which at
first glance it seems to have no bearing
The success Of Women as teachers Il is .mineni
ma mere ,Ss Than than woman iSf What seems
HSSor N" Is fn IL the tat Is r not s
the M Gs .oa son som e, Which, may
do u 1t wore necessary. She can teach as well
as he; sometimes she teaches better, because
~ young mind int" glad ie%rninc y" but t' shs
tain limit. and man can. Hc can thrash an
unrulr boy into obedience aud she can't. And
although, fhat method Of controlling i, not to
is an irresistible persuaS vencss about It. His
adlya Ivan is IN his muscles. not Ms trains;
work. 4 man clerk may not be able to sell
more Yards Of lace or Of cloth in a day than =
and bigger bundles than shn can. H.. can do
IN. nra'E work OF porter II necessity re.
il. and that very potentiality makes him worth
In nearly all the kinds of work in which both
tentiaty in physical strength plays part-in
the greater endurance Of long hours or greater
rush. In these branches into which 1t does
does not enter women arc paid as much as
men. woman physician gets rs much as a
novel. i it be as good a woman artist gets as
much for pictule il 1t be worth It
liut In most OF the work OF the world physi-
cal strength does play u great part. thers-
t2re the wage marx OF men will always, be
SO. Woman's work. WAS not meant to be
measured by comparison with mems and by
h ntn rs standn nI alone Women were not put
comp lement them: not to show that they are
capable OF doing what a man can do. hut to
, Tho rewards OF her work are the rewards OF
the Kingdom OF heaven quite AS much as they
are OF tho kingdom Of this world. There must
be other rewards certainly. as long as the
world stands as i does, and men and women
work side 10y side for money hut the fact
cannot he altered that this is not the way in
T Thief men aud women were meant to work.
mus, do the hard physical work in the world.
me last TACT 10 that since work 10 quite as
much matter OF body as OF brains. the mass
Of women.