Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-12-03


Hho neciIcs enc h1fanro Made b. women
and rredir'a Greater Achievement.
Miss susan B Anthony sac ia the
sunny library 81 s. ~ Oross' homo on
the Lake htro drive 9howas daintily,
almost ooquotishly, gowned In 3 dress
Of black satin. with a misty collar Of
lace caught about her neck with . jow-
elod pin u Quainl and elaborate work
manship Her white hair was parted
smoothly over her high forehead and
camo down over her ears en- a fashion 20
very Did that 10 has suddenly become
new again. Looking nt Miss Anthony
os abe sat ia tho quiet library, observing
her handsouie dress, her nir Of elegance
and her gentle voice Il wob hard 10 think
81 her ~ the type Of All that IL aggrese
i've IN the nineteenth century woman
hood In fnct, she looked like only q
very quiet. won dressed little gentle
woman who would hko nothing 90 well
az 70 spend the day in the big chair Of
Mr.. Gross library.
And when she talked about the 20
called new woman and the twentieth
century woman Il was harder still For
Mis- Anthony doesn't much admire
either Of these IN tho accepted sense Of
the terms
When a timorous inquiry wal made
a. ID who the new woman is, when she
win come, on II she had come already,
Miss Anthony said: ''It all depends or
what you mean bv the term new wom-
an The term has become cant phrase.
carrying almost as much opprobrium -
the term 'woman's rights woman used
70 imply. The new woman "a tho
phrase goes, may mean a loud, man1ish
woman affecting the bolsterous conduct
Of men, with none Of the saving eraces
Of her own sex II that be the new
woman, I do not welcome her coming.
If by the now woman is meant Q woman
earnest, thoughtful, lofty Of purpose,
self reliant and equally we'll educated
with man, why, then she has come. We
have got her in our homes, where nhe
stands side by side with her husband,
welcoming his friends ON the common
ground Of intellectual equality, joining
in their DISCUSSIONS college bred
woman, who can do something more
than pour tea when her husband enter
tains his friends. w have got the new
women IN everything except the count
ing Of her vote at the ballot box. And
that's coming. It's coming sooner than
most people think The new woman
made her appearance 40 years ago, when
Antoinstte Brown entered Oberlin col
lege. Next November we are going 10
have in New York an exhibit Of new
woman.
"Nov. ~ Mrs Elizabeth Cady Stan.
ton viii be so years old The anniver.
sary will be made the occasion for 9
grand gathering Of women who were the
first to enter those fields Of intellectual,
and business endeavor which half a cen
tury ago were occupied solely by men.
At that time no trades, no institution
Of higher learning were open TO women
A woman who was driven to self sup
port could do q little sewing, could en-
ter domestic service or perhaps teach IN
q primary school From not being abls
to earn a livelihood as she chose, from
not being able TO reap the results Of her
labor after she married, from not being
able to control her property after sh'
married, from, in brief, a position o
civic nullity she has advanced to he
present position. Forty thousand womel
have been graduated from American col
leges, every calling has its follower
among women, and they are today a
well educated as men, If not better.
"In the state of New York one-elev
Is enth Of the property tax is paid by WON
70 en-. In my own city of Rochester WON
en- pay taxes on a property valuation Q
&20. 900, 900. These are some of the re
d suits Of the battle for equal rights
Il which wome have been WIRING for 4
d years, and they have fought zone. Tn
le blacks had a nations aid in the struggl
for emancipation. Women are the OnI
oppressed class who ever were cOmpellel
l. TO battle for emancipation unaided N
d party gives our claims for equal suffrag
Is its Endorsement But today the natio-
Is known as a nation Of educated WON
en- To be sure, as wage earners they d
not receive compensation equal TO tina
Of men. That is because, being withou
the bali0G, they cannot dictate the term
upon which they shall be employed Al
the women Of today ask are the rights
powers, privileges and immunities Of q
II American citizen. We have been grant
" ed equal suffrage in Wyoming and CoIC
s, RADIO, virtually In Utah. Equal suffrag
u bills are now pending in the Legislature
i Of Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, Californi
X and New York. The question of equl
% suffrage is beginning to be respected q
a a political measure. And it's coming.
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