New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-03
WHAT WOMEN SAY AND Do.
TWENTIETH ARTICLE IN THE SERIES BY
NOTED WOMEN OF THE WORLD.
AIDS pIpoUHARsoN. F. r. NJ s.. OF HAUGHroN'
-r,,s OF THE ELIGIBILITY OF WOMEN
FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE
LEARNED SOCIETIES.

LEARNED SOCIETIES.
rhs Arst annual meeting Of the Lady Warwick
AGRICULTURAL Association for Women was held on
october 49, at Stafford House, st. Jamess, LONDON
The following resolution was considered: mat II
,s desirable and important that duly quailneo
women should have the advantages OF iuii mem
h.rsh,p in scientific and other learned societies e.
T. the Royal, the Llnneah anu 'he N0s"' N'N
scopical." =,
This question was first raised at the recent In
,s,national Congress Of Women. when attention
uas drawn TO the fact that the Royal Society the
Rovai Mcroscopical Society and the Linnean socie-
90 excluded women from full membership.
Al the meeting of the Agricultural Society Lazy
warwick presiding. the above resolution on the
subject was passed. and 1t is now the intention 10
snnroanh the heads OF the societies named ana re-
Guest the adoption of the desired reform
q, This question Mrs Farquharson F. r. NJ s..
~ Haughton one OF the women most ih'eIes'eu'
sends TO The Tribune the following article;
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE IN RELATION TO AG-
RIcULTURE.
This resolution embodes a rectifcation OF the
.Lavsnce have humbly striven 10 remedy Tor
nor than thirty years, having personaLy -dyee
snred the bitter disappointment of realizing the full
force Of the denial TO women OF the oppOdF 10 Nm
We cannot ali hope to be among the favored num-
her We cannot all have chance OF the s,1g tbs
u oTiv hfteeH can be elected in a year and these
are composed OF the elite Of all departments or
science and art, Of mathematics, astronomy
physics. chemistry botany. zoology sculpture
painting. law. engineering. etc ..o.o,,,, for
taking pains" Is # not rather hard. therefore.
sons and is elected to an honored position over
the heads Of men-and l venture to say that such
should be debarred from nomination in the list Of
the restricted fifteen? And what a PeasuraoIe
n9ss a ase BE NJ IN Science Woman
rare genius, fitting representative IN her own
person for such a distinction, and that ABOVE her
The Linnean and the Royal Microscopical sociee,,
ties are not exclusive In their elections but II
f9Ss ssf puts o make lady fellows and not
MT Them 'S fg soey The coveted
ioyment OF fellowship which our male friends en-
10y a. tnese centres Of scommunon with the greatest
scientists of the day and of hearing their discus
say. be fully appreciated by women. who can and
Do realize that they have their part TO- perform fhe In
daily bread or in attempting to brighten the lives
q their less fortunate sisters by assisting them IN
thar training for any special sphere OF NE
knowledge is power and this is forci bly, borne borne
out the footnote to the scheme re- o Women 'ne AZ
there pointed out, the unframed worker Will In
tubaby always stand at great dlsaoVan.aee o ~,
comparison with women who possess prac'cai
The seceut international Congress Of Women
On tS,ss matters and that Irrespective of sex, as
was recently notified in the public press ana whIe
pressing The great pleasure It gives me to notice
that under the able and distinguished edorsnP Oa
the Countess Of Aberdeen. the whole trdnsacuohs
Of this assembywhieh was 50 6e1eGab 90 fdpm
There are 10 be in all volumes. the contents
Of each being fT grouped under the heads Of Women
IN Education" Women in Professions women men
Y wd pS'i Il social MGm Ee AS these articles
written by persons who, as m say S s snb,ectS dealt
with. ! anticipate large sale LOT lhe "oiN '
kindly undertaken by Lady aSe n de- steele days
does not to me to be most surprlsinRF aru
Startling fact that such in Certain
learned societies should still require 70 De ~ tba
ssn surely rel be mo Sa Where there is
able hope that advantage would emahaIe IF FVi
such a membership no reasonable D0uy sHoUiN '"'
Tier delay the removal of the obstacles: ,oro,,,v
do not think that put the matter 100 loIc'p ~
biology is TO agriculture the keynote OF al i1s
hoped-for attachments. The electric Whee ca f
low can we attempt TO fathom the depth OF the
science OF life without the fundamental Loo
ETC? MANY a woman has TO spend a lengthy time
n wadng through volumes OF matter, Wnel, III
gle hours attendance at one of the learned sou. re-,
les meetings might clearly demonstrate to her the
Information which she craved. 49,, ..a oo,,ions
and the experience Of specialists are fTeey eH
MESSED, and prove over ana over agd dae vi Nof
ffeatest use In the advancement OF science. NoI
only would II be most beneficial in praSeuc an
rScu,nre hortculturs &C. but II stae Of so
teen competition. Admission to these soci ,d
Wud enable a woman with her unframed nllnuL
70 state the fact frankly. is so untortun 1,e
Nten the case-to be on the same Iootins 90 ed
~ have already quoted. genius the supreme :"
pacity for taking pains" a.,
have received many kind messages OF sympathy,
messages not only from women, but from tne
Nerner sex all desiring the END aimed az "a the
supporter OF the resolution was my relative the
ATE Lord Farrer who. short time preS,,oues, 70
his death wrote me, expressing not only ms OWL
but his wife's deep sympathy with the movement
ior the admission OF women into these socleues
Society ,,.,
In Conclusion. / maintain that duly q9ia guam 20
women should not be debarred from a position 10
which their attachments enttle them. ana luny
morse the opinion expressed IN one OF me cy
implications I have received that such admlssion
should be fought out for the individual woman o
Ne merits OF her own claim. and not on genera'
Principles"