The Helena independent., 1893-10-15
WOMAN AND Her HOME.
or tho Lsaven That Has Djffused
Itself Through the Whole
Lump.
Women Should Prepare Them.
selves for the Positions
Opsn to Them.
Desirable Fsoisi Changes Tha. Have Been
Brought About by womss-Ths
speech Of Children.

The great necessity Of the present hour Is
for women to prepare themselves for the
various positions to which they are being
admitted.
There is q law OF demand and supply,
and the demand for weko,n in the various
departments where they have hitherto been,
unknown is increasing. 1t was once
thought that women had no souls. that
they were created solely to minister to the
wants and passions Of men. and that In the
great hereafter they would have no place,
as man In his spiritual state would have no
need OF them, and their ministrhtions per-
tained only to his physical condition. Aft
er great deliberation and much discussion
of SO important subject by the wisest
men of the time it was settled that woman
has soul BY degrees the thought has
been gaining ground that she Is OF some
account in the world and can be Of service
to her fellow mortals as a spiritual and
moral teacher.
Therefore woman's sphere has been wild
ening from the kitchen and nursery until
it has entered nearly all the avenues and
departments of life. She fills the pulpit in
many churches, though her entrance there
was vigorously opposed by her brothers in
the ministry, who wished women to he ac-
tive in church work and never doubted
that the Lord had called them to the work
Of preparing articles to be sold ut church
fairs and of selling chances in raf11es to
raise money to carry on Gods work. But
they thought it preposterous that women
should have an idea of Biblical truths, or
to pretend to explain them, or to seek to
enlighten the people and make the world
better.
No matter how earnestly woman might
feel called to preach or how anxious she
! might be to do her Masters bidding, her
brother-who had himself felt called, who
| had hopes and aspirations and longing to
do some good thing with feelingsin his heart
similar in every respect to her own-said
that the work Of preaching Gods truths
did not belong to her; that she was seeking
to get out Of her sphere, and that she was
mistaken about Gods calling her. He for
got that woman was considered fit to be the
mother Of Christ, while no man could be
his father. AS though an all wise God had
any respect for tho sex of the souls willing
and anxious to do his work.
The medical fraternity rebelled at wom'
ans being fitted to treat the sick. She
could be Nurse. and the recovery Of very
sick patieut often depended more upon the
skill of the nurse than upon that Of the
physician, but woman be an NJ. d. and
prescribe for the sick? Never! She had
not the ability or the nerve. Societies OF
learned doctors discussed the matter and
passed resolutions that they would not
counsel with woman, no matter from
what school she had graduated. But WON
an continued to study and persisted in
knocking at the doors Of the various
schools until they gained an entrance. Tht
education of woman, once begun, was like
the little leavcn that leavened the whole
lump.-Rachel S. Tenney. M. D., in Won
ans journal.