The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-01-23
PROVO CITY.
THE STATUS OF WOMEN.

Miss Couzins sees in the women OF
the near future the regenerators OF the
age, the conservators of law and order,
and the protectors of civilization.
Doubtless the women Of the future OF
the women of the past will be very
sweet, very pure and very unselhso,
but as protectors, as conservators, etc.,
and regenerators, Miss Couzins must
excuse us if we say frankly and ex-
plicity, we do not believe one single
word of it. We do not believe that it
is possible for human beings TO oc-
cupy a higher sphere than do the
women of the present hour. The
moving force, the inspiration and
adornment OF the virtuous homes OF
the virtuous, honest and patriotic
citizenship Of the United States today
is altitude enough for any human be-
ing. To bear, nurture and train the
patriotic men Of this nation were
sphere enough, exalted enough, and
surely with enough todo, to satisfy the
most active of the sex. If this work is
only half done. any ordinary woman
will find she has enough to do TO oc-
cupy half-dozen pairs of hands every
moment of daylight and half of the
dark hours of the night. We don't
find the efficient busy and successful
mothers of the men OF America signing
for mems places because they have
nothing to do in woman's sphere. Let
the women do their work well and
thoroughly and on time and they sigh
not for other worlds to conquer, for
other tasks to fill in their idle hours.
Miss Couzins is very busy woman.
Her tasks have always been high and
noble, but what has she accomplished
in the domestic way. How many happy
homes has she built up and set forward
in the domestic work which seems nee
essary in every case. Doubtless it is a
very noble and elevating work to sway
listening senates, control the surging
masses and thus make good woman's
claim to supreme excellence, but one
good clean, successful and happy home
is worth all these. And, too, it is by no
means certain if the senates and surg
ing masses will not do better if women
should let them severely alone, while
it is quite certain that the helpless
homes will go to wrack and ruin if
women abandon them for the rostrum,
for legislative halls and changing sena-
torial triumphs. Gods arrangement
may be improved upon, but we do not
believe it can be done by this sudden
breeching Of the women, If they
should take TO incubating men as they
have chickens, that of course would lift
from woman's shoulders much of her
duty and certainly much of
her responsibility, but we insist
that as long as these things are ar
ranged as they are, her best field and
highest duty remains within the por-
tails of her home.
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highest and most important which can
attach to human beings. Why, there
fore, seek TO remove her from it and
seat her upon a new, unknown and, at
best, untried throne. Let the man
hood of the age gather about her where
she sits, the regal queen of all good in
in the world, maintain her there
and defend her Loyalty and lovingly.
That will be mission enough for both,
and employ all the best energies of
both man and woman. II this sugges-
tion is accepted and acted upon In all
frankness the world will get on far bet
ter than it would were every msn
rendered incapable of public bugi-
ness and the women were delegated
to do it all.