The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-11-01
CONVERSATION CLUB.
Industrial Outlook for Woman, and the
LOYAL Home Workers.


of this column the Honor Roll. First honor
will include all OF these requirements Second
| honor will inciTde deficiency III some one point.
INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK FOR WOMAN.
paper read before Canton sorosis)
That the long and by many dreaded change
| of the status Of women before the world is upon
US can be denied no longer. Though the ques-
ton has been treated in a sero-comic way for
| more than half century, the full Significance
of the end is being shadOwed forth only family
in the fact that there are thousands Of college
bred women taking their places in the indus
! trial field self-elected workers. who expect
to make individual places for themselves
/ through honest and earnest effort.
There seems to be some misunderstanding as
| to the limits Of the territory to which women
are entitled under the new regime. They can
only hold that which they have proved them
! selves capable of holding.
Men have an inherent respect and apprecia-
! tion for honest work both mental and physical
and do not deny the results, no matter whose
work it is. 1t is different with women. and
! the reason for this is good. Women have rarely
worked, or lived. collectively, as men have;
consequently their life has always been an in
| dividual one.
Women have not yet become accustomed to
being part, rather than whole. Their posi-
ton has always been positive never negative,
10 matter how sharply the Limitation of their
!
area, compared with that which is now con-
ceded.
Men have always been surrounded on all
sides by co-wOrkers striving for the same goal,
with whom they must match their best powers
OF mind and body. Ali the while they watch
each other closely. so that if one is successful
they may initiate his methods and if unf0rtu-
| nate. avoid his errors. All their efforts are
subject 10 the criticisms Of their fellow work
ers. This is all foreign to women. II certainly
is difficult to see both sides OF question.
What women need most is that their work
be judged impartially, and not as "womans
work" This is one of the needs Of the times.
There are those who look to society, which is
OF easy approach and full of ease; many look
no further, and are lost in the chase of the
"wIllo -the-wlsp" social popularity.
a second avenue open TO women leads 10 the
fortress of learning. Many have beleaguered it
in spite OF battlements which frowned darby
upon their approach. With creak OF hinge and
groan OF door has each entrance been won.
Women are filling all positions to-day. They
are accredited with some Of the most useful
discoveries aud inventions. The discovery oil
both silk and cotton as a textile fiber: the art
OF spinning and lace-making belong TO women
In the department OF mechanics we owe to her
the early perfection of the mower and reaper
the deep-sea telescope. the aquarium, the ma
chine Tor the manufacture OF paper bags aud
the cotton-glD. They are oTiginators of de-
signs in dress goods, wallpaper, and architec.
tural adornments Women are shining lights
| in science, art philosophy. dentistry, medicine
and the law. Eight women lave the right to
practice before the Supreme Court of the
United States. In 1876, at the October Term
OF the Supreme Court of the United States,
Belya a. Lockwood applied for admission and
was denied. However she drafted and secured
the passage of a bill before Congress- on Feb Is,
1887. admitting women, if fully qualified. to
/ ffaa hal
woman TO practice before the Supreme Court of
the United States. Others to follow were Laura
DeForce Gordon, Stock ton, Cal; Ada NJ Bitten
bender, Lincoln, Neb.; Carrie BuTnam Kilgore
| Philadelphia, Pa; Clara NJ. FoItz San Diego
Cal; Leila Robinson Sawtele, Boston, Mass;
Emma N. Gilett, ashington, ID. C.; Kate Kane,
chicago, III. The major part OF the law schools
of the United States now admit women. The
| few 10 refuse are Yale. Harvard and George
| town Universities. Columbia College, Cumber-
land University of Tennessee, Washington and
Lee Universities of Virginia.
One woman, Alice N. jordan, after gradual
| ing at the law school of Michigan University
and being admitted to practice at the bar. in
June 1889 entered the law school of Yale and
secured the degree of Bachelor OF Law, as con-
ferred by Yale.
In order that the Jordan incident may not
be repeated, we fud this paragraph in their
catalOg:
at is understood that the course Of instrue.
| ton in law is open TO persons OF the male sex
only"
There are more women graduated in the law
in Michigan than in any other State aud Hon.
Henry Wade Rogers, Dean of the Law Depart
ment of Michigan University, says: "The
women who have attended the law school conf
| pare favorably in the matter OF scholarship
with the men. They are just as capable of ac-
| curing legal knowledge as men,"
Hon. Henry Booth, Dean of Union College of
Law says: I'VE discover no difference in the
| capacity of tho sexes TO apprehend and apply
legal principles. We welcome ladies to the
school, and regard their presence an advantage
in promoting decorum and good order"
Women practice before most of the Supreme
Courts in the States. One of the last to pass the
examination and carry off the honor Of the class
was Miss Eaton, of lows, graduate University
of Michigan. They contribute able articles to
the law journals. have published many works
dpon the Interpretation Of the law and are fill.
ing some Of the professorshps. They are pub.
fishers Of several law periodicals. A good pro.
portion Of