Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-12-17
ORGANIZATION.
TIE PROBLEM THAT HAS A6iTATEo
WOMEN FOR MANY YEARS.


What Organization Has Done for Fs-
maies-onr writer says That 4. IL a
Mistake for Women to Regard aen
Enemies-Mcn Have Helped Them.
The problem of organization is one
which has agitated women who work
| ever since the sex has been regarded as
factor in industrial competition, and
1t il apparent, from the almost daily dis
cussions of the subject, that IL is no
fsearer solution than il was at its incep-
ton. The relative sides of the contro-
versy, whether organization assists in
tle amelosation of the sex from the evil
effects If prejudice, have many cham
pions who argue the question Of princi-
Pile with much wisdom and enthusiasm.
To casual observer. or even one who is
interested in the outcome Of the agita- /
tlon without taking part IN il, the
affirmative side OF the proposition would I
seem TO he the most logical and popular,
and there are many evidences 10 sub
/ stantiate this view.
! II il scarcely ten years since erganiza-
i tion was tried by industrial women, and
e an observer epitomizes the result in
these words: Organization has in the
q first place compelled the recognition Of
= female workers as competitors by the
: !. males. who previously usurped the fields
!. into which women have since yentured
! and succeeded; organization has demon
i strated the capabilities of woman more
:, than individual merit could have ever
IL done; il has rendered women independr
~
he lustment of labor and social difficulties
=. and in the matter of compensation"
=, Taking this view Of the matter. which,
il may he explained, is advanced by a
,a Wisconsin lady who is much interested
~ in the snbrrct, il would seem that or
he gauization has not only done much to
III promote the advancement Of women,
ere but has in addition opened up broad
20 field for discussion as To the claims Of
NE women for recognition i'll other than an
~ industrial sense. Our correspondent
90 argues that "a woman who, in the face
~, of the strong opposition OF men engaged
. / in similar industrial pursuits, succeeds
ras in elevating herself by her own efforts
as to an equal plane with them, is certain
zen ~ entitled 10 consideration AS a factul
in both the social and official spheres OIL
'he life"
Jug The argument Is so logical and paten
ma to the student Of the social and indus
All trial status OF women that il needs M
l to comment. The assumption, however
lied that men oppose the progress of womel
! 10 aud in any way seek to retard their al
TO vancement and restrict their capacit,
AK as competitors is ungenerous and, III
ana large measure. will do much 10 inspir
~. prejudice in men against women. Tn
,tey facts all tend the other way.
10 Men are not only not opposed to won
ght en- as fellow workers, but would, If en-
$ to couraged do more to assist women /
six their struggle for supremacy than an
'ck other influence could possibly do TIL
~, ~, developments of the agitation in tn
!, past few years have shown this. Worl
nv ing women have appealed to the nations
nth congress and 10 the legislative bodies
AXE several states for recognition and hay
was obtained it, purely through the assis
me ance of men who realized the Justice
aud the demands. Without the assistant
iore of these men the recognition could new,
Lave been secured.
her Further than this, women have founl
filed WHEN seeking to obtain the qnestionah
benefits of organization achieved
eze men, that they had only TO be sincere
y no secure the same. Ii men are oEce SAT-
, the tcd that female workers are sincere
soat their efforts to secure Independence, m
Iaif are willing To render all social propos
80. tionA suhseryient % the purpose, womt
III will have no cause for accrediting IA
ii tipathy to men. but on the other han
bu, will precipitate the millennium of the
each ambitions much sooner than by workii
lean alone.
had The natural conclusion To be dednct
dren from these conditions is. That wom
'as.Y shall combine their own las yet disc
.Ja. ganized and incompletel interests wi
one those of men. Organization under su
Ne Of circumstances will obtain for wom
what she wants Men are to be ma
friends, not enemies. To obtain rece
milton from their admirably organic
lines systems of industrial pursuits Is
q the much of triumph for working WON
chat AZ they will ever secure. This can
the done by working with them. not agaif
them "A Club Woman in Jenness VI
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