The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-02-10
An Open Letter from the Woman's
Medical College of Pennsylvania.

An Open Letter from the Woman's
Medical College of Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia, Pa, 2-3-1892.
One-half of humanity is man, an
other, yet equal half, is woman, and
it is Victor Hugo think, who has
called this the "woman's century,"
The lords of creation may declare
that the daughters of Eve are infe-
riOr to themselves, but their gener-
osity is shown by the fact that they
retain an inherent respect and APP
probation for honest toll, either
mental or physical and will not de-
ny the results of it no matter whose
the work may be. Men give wOm-
en- who work more sympathy and
encouragement than do women who
do not work, for it is a deplorable
fact that women are not always in
sympathy with women.
However, the earnest active wOm-
ell. of to-day, everywhere, are step
tping boldly to the front, their hands
are grasping the stocks of the pro-
gressive plough and who shall give
The limit to her field OF usefulness :?
This is an aggressive and pro-
|gressive age. Past is the time when
wOmans sphere must be narrowed
down to the washing and ironing of
her husbands linen, the pantry and
the kitchen. She will now become
useful ornament to society. The
hardness of civilization has always
been chiaed by the complaints of
WOMEN, but now, new era dawns.
This truth is emphasized by the
Rfsgfess made in every department
xb III any one doubts this lei
view the official returns on
L. Dn and his doubts will van
Ssh re. the dew-drops before the
mo- sun. Let him but look
y hin and he will find women
r. ffiling positions hitherto re-
strfcted to men alone. Two hun
dFesi SRhen are employed by Edi-
Atn, fnssthe minute and difficult
mechanism of his electrical inven.
tiess. '"rwelve per cent Of the work
ing class OF the United Kingdom.
.scp satl-tO be women.
In literature women are more ia
vOred at present than are men, and
in the Treasury department no one
can doubt the success and satisfac
ton which they have given.
Most women to-day come to ma
turity with the determination to do |
and to be something, and each day |
the head of independence grows
less and less sweet.
Until within the last few years
this evolution of women has been
confined almost exclusively to the
women of the Northern and East |
ern States, but now the women of
the South are shaking off their leth-
argy and the sleepers arise, realiz-
ing that they to must be up and do
ing.
In no Departmental science has
such tremendous stride forward
been made as in medicine. WOm-
en- have. always made the best of
ayrses. The gentleness Of touch,
the quietness and sympathy embed.
led ia her presence has won for her
no small need of praise from the |
sick room. Can any sensible. think
ing man or woman believe for one
instant that the mere delving deep.
er into the science of medicine must
convert that same little woman
whose gentleness and sympathy
characterized her as nurse, into
an individual whose sole aim it is
to ape the stronger sex, whose idea
Of greatness is the attainment of
mascuiinity. God forbid! grand
contradiction are the lives of Doc
tors Mary Putnam jacob, Clara
Marshall, Anna E. Broomall, Han
nah T. Croasdale and others, who
stand out in striking prominence
as women who have been marvel
ously successful in the science of
medicine, and in their footsteps
closely follow many others who
shall attain to celebrity.
AT the present time two hundred
and one students are matriculated
in the Woman's Medical College of
Pennsylvania. OF these twenty
seven are from the Sunny South,
and represent almost every state be-
low the Mason and Dixon line.
They are women who have strug-
gled against their poverty to win
an education, not for social life
alone, but as means of self-sup-
port.
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