Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1898-05-19
THE NEW
WOMAN.


There g 10 one ,hsn2 during
tne closing days of this busting.
progressive and energetic Ger.
fury than the changes that are
taking place in our social worl d
except the marvellous invention
wrought by the hands and brain
of its men and women. This il
certainly the day of the pro
gressive" or "new woman as
she is called or rather as they
call themselves.
That there has been an i'm
mense advancement al the fair
sex since Miss Susan 3. Antho-
ny and Mrs. Elizabeth Cady
stanton began agitatlng the
question of woman's rights. no
candid citizen can deny. Fifty
years ago there was hardly an
avenue open for them in the
business world Tor lucrative. re
spectacle employment. to-day
they are filling credltably, even
womanly. nearly every position
that men enjoy such a. teach
ers. clerks, sienocraphers. manu-
lecturers, journalism. inventors,
doctors. lawyers and others too
numerous to mention. Neces-
sity was largely responsible for
the beginning but now il is
nearly altogether matter of
choice. Not the least of all is
the changed laws OF the various
States allowing them to control
their property, and in many
their children in the event of
legal separation. These beniii-
cent changes are the results
largely of agitation among or.
gdniZed clubs and other socic.
ties aided by conservative
thinking, fair-dealing, progress
i've men. There are said To he
about 1890 women CLUBS in the
United States many of which
are foolish in their methods, yet
MANY hundreds are of the no
blest and best of the sex. with
high ambitions and the grandesI
Intentions.
There is a great deal of mixed
injury to society in this ming
ling. in certain ways, of tn,
sexes. And the recent week,
have forced before the pub
lie some OF the most DARN.
and extraordinary movement
yet heard Of, and they grow GU
ot the present war. Since tn,
beginning Of time women a
we'll as men have done foolisl
and unheard of things, often il
organizations of some kind. bu
more frequent as individuals
Some lew wear mems ciothe
from hat To shoes. Some wan
To marty l.eutgert, alter he hal
been sentenced To the peniteI
tiary for killing his wife. and
more brutal man il would b
hard to lind. Thousands wol
shipped John Sullivan. COrbc:
: and other prize fighters. The
will carry flowers and luvurie
to all kinds of criminals an
will pass thousands of sufferin
poor all around them. Thes
are individual cases, but the
are increasing in number 20
frightful extent. Now since tn
declaration of war against Spain
a committee waited upon tn
assistant Secretary of the Nav
and begged him to allow tw
thousand of them to enlist d
sailors and marines and for a,
tual war. Many hundred al
Piled for services in the regula
army. Many are said to b
highly respectable. On SatuI
day last 1900 young wOme
who are employed in hat mani
facturies in Connecticut, an
piled for enlistment in the arm,
Remember this il not as nurse
for the wounded but those VIII
profess desire 10 carry gun
and shoot To kill. Is il not JUS
possible that these extraOrdina
r ry requests and social cOnd
tons had their beginnings il
the clubs and minor organiza
tons and continual cOntac
with menf Is il not time (,
ask, when il will end I. Ii is sal,
hundreds are gong from re
spectacle homes in New YOrl
To dig gold in the klOndyk,
country and thousands of other,
want to JOIN them, and they ar,
not from the poor and need,
circles either. We think thes.
conditions are the result of falls,
education and often the careless.
mlngling of the sexes.
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81 feel it my duty to give you q