The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-06-30
EDUCATION OF wonEN.

John Ruskin Gays, I'VE have driven our
women mad. so that they ask no moro Tor
love, nor for fellowship with us; but stand
against Us, and ask for ';jusiice."
One Of the great events that will make
this year, 1898. memorable forever, might
recently have been bcheid In the Hall OF
Columbus. Of Chicago's Art Palace. whore.
side by side, sat women delegates, repre-
senting o hundred societies from twenty
different nations. Spain and Greece, Ice
land and Austria, Finland aud Germany,
sent their wives and daughters to sit with
their spiritual kinswomeu Of France, Eng
land and America, in Worlds Congress Of
representative women.
This Congress was divided into eight
departments, each with a Conference Hall.
These were, education, industry, literature,
nrt, philanthropy, charity, moral and social
reform, religion, civil law and government,
science and philosophy This congress gave
program OF 1o meetings for tho seven days
- spreading a feast bewilderiug in it's cx-
| tent and variety.
wren we read the papers and Telling
speeches Of some Of these representative
women, earnestly and eloquently pleading
for equality with men asking only for "a
fair field and no favor "iani then, when we
| find from other sources, that some Of the
young women who have been granted this
"far field" are equaling and surprising
young men in science, rs Miss Nary r.
Dennis, lecturer on botany, mineralogy and
geology, at Chautauqua, and Miss Philippa
Fawcett, who lately outranked all the young
men at Cambridge University, and took the
highest educational honor ever won by &
woman. we are constrained to admit thai
woman's education has been kept too much
in the background.
| l rejoice that this relct Of barb,rism i:
fast giving way and this enlightened age i,
fast perceiving what a womans life SHOULD
be. Woman's cause is mans; they rise ant
1t is expedient that ours, one of tb,
leading nations of the earth in civilizatio,
should grant to women their proper spher,
"A high, adorning, but useful education
that will fit them to become the help
meet aud true companion of man.
Some philosopher has said that women
always on the extreme, are either better O,
worse than men.
Woman is human being, and as such ha.
duties TO other human beings. She mus
show her respect to her countrys laws, h,
understanding and improving them. VIII,
not take higher view Of politics and ,
broader view of What q woman's life shoult
be, and allow her to be ersant with tn,
political issues of the day? She will ther
see that the State does its duty rather thar
spend her strength taking up its undon,
duties as matters of philanthropy. 1 verily
be'ieve that the suffrage of our noble edu
ca'ei women would be good for woman
good for the home, good for the State and
good for the whole world,
was painfully impressed by the recen,
declaration of minister and teacher. tina,
"some of our higher institutions of learning
were i'll qualifying our young women fo,
the grave and responsible duties of life -
Higher education should be practical, fttipo
woman for the career for which she possesses
aptitude.
The Almighty makes no mistakes. and !,
lie endows the particular woman with nm
aptitude for any art, science or profession.
she is as much entitled to it as the particular
man. let it will always romain true that
men as "a class are better fitted for bread
winning :haa woman. and TIL the end Of
the world the woman's real crown of glory
and her highest distinction must be mo,ber-
hood and for the simple reason that tbe
world must always depend upon women for
| its mothers
~A~'~ AscL---i-
cate woman to become the intellectual as
we'll as the social companion of mau, then,
and only then, will Their high purpose be
accomplished. N.GL