The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-10-28
MRS. POTTER PALMER.
Address of the President of the Board
OF Lady Managers.

Address Of the President of the Board
OF Lady Managers.
Official representation for women, upon
so important an occasion as the present, Is
unprecedented. It seems peculiarly appro-
pirate that this honor should have been ac-
corded our sex when celebrating the great
deeds Of Columbus, who, inspired though
his visions may have been, yet required the
aid of an Isabella to transform them into
realities
The visible evidences OF the progress
made since the discovery of this CREATION
tinent will be collected six months hence
in these stately buildings now to be dedi-
Gated.
The magnificent material exhibit, the
import of which will presently be eAoq aent-
ly described by our orators, will not, how
ever, so wildly represent the great ad-
vance Of modern thought as does the TACT
that mans silent partner has been in
vited by the government to leayo her re
tirement TO assist in conducting great ma
tional enterprise. The provision of the
act of congress that che board Of lady
managers appoi7t jury of her peers to
pass Judgment upon woman's work, adds
10 the significance of the innovation, for
never before was it thought necessary to
apply this fundamental principle Of justice
| to our sex.
Rivaling the generosity Of the directors,
the national commission has honered the
board Of lady managers by putting into its
! hands All of the interests OF women IN con-
nection with the exposition, as we'll as the
entir5 control Of the woman's building.
| No organization comparable TO this has
ever before existed among women. 1t is
official: acting under government author
ity, and sustained by government funds
Il is so far reaching that it encrcies the
globe.
Without touching upon politics, suffrage,
| or other irrelevant issues, this unique Or
| gapiZation of women for women VIII de-
vote itself to the promotion of their indus
| trial interests. It will address itself to
the formation of a public sentiment which
will favor woman's industrial equality,
and her receiving just compensation for
services rendered. 1t will try TO secure
for her work the consideration and respect
which it deserves, and establish her i'm
portance as an economic factor. 10 this
end it will eDdeavor to obtain and install
in these buildings exhibits showing the
Waite Of her contributions to the industries,
sciences and arts, as well as statistics Civ
ing the proportionate amount OF her work
in every country.
The sex which numbers more than one.
half the population of the world is forced
to enter the keen competition OF life with
many disadvantages, D0Ln real ana IacJi-
tious. Are the Legitimate compensation
and honors that should come as the result
of ability and merit to be denied on the IN
tenabe ground of sex arfstocracyl
We are proud that the statesmen OF our
ewn great country have been the first to
see beneath the surface and to understand
that the old order of things has passed
away. and that new methods must be in
augurated. We wish to express our thanks
to the congress of the United States for
having made this great step forward and
also for having subsequently approved and
endorsed the plans Of the Board Of Lady
Managers, as was manifested by their
liberal appropriation for carrying them out.
Even more import INT than the discovery
lof Columbus, which we are gathered to-
eether TO celebrate, is the fact that the
general government has pst discovered
woman. 1t has sent out hash-light from
its HEIGHTS, so inaccessible TO us, which
we shall answer by return signal when
the exposition is opened. What wiz be its
next message 70 u.s."