The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-31
pR O0REsS or WOMAN
m A HUNDRED YEARS.

AA 4nn WOMANS LEY ~
49," CALENDAR" edited py
Carrie Chapman Gait and
published by the National
American Woman Suffrage
Association In it, Political 8cience
study Series" Il . compilation Of facts
showing the progress Of woman step by
step for century.
and relates the privileges or lack or privi-
leges accorded to women IN this country
ct that time. and also includes compart-
son with those Of other countries, nota-
bly, in England.
The book states that in that year mar
ried women were not permitted in any
country to control their property. nor to
ID operation in England and the United
states held the husband and wife to be
one, and that one the husband. The legal
existence Of the wife was 50 merged IN
that Of her husband that she was said to
BE- dead in law
Courts In England restricted the thick
ness of the stick with which man whip
ped his wife to the size of his thumb. II
married woman worked for wages she
could not legally collect them. At that
time few occupations were open to won-
en-, and Il was accounted disgrace"
for women Of the middle or upper classes
to earn money. An unmarried woman
was dubbed an ''old maid" and she WINS
condemned to involuntary service I'm the
home Of her nearest male relative.
e No college In the world admitted wom-
en-. Public schools were In many places
closed to girls, and when the girls were
admitted they were dissuaded from study
Ing anything but reading, writing and
elementary arithmetic Women were not
allowed to sit by the side. Of men in
- - ~.
speak.
Previous to this a few protests had been
made Mary Wollstonecraft had pleaded
for larger opportunities for women. and
used the argument that they could not
be injured by the experiment, as 1t was
moro insignificant than they then were.
Walpole, upon the reception of her APP
peal. called her ''hyena IN petticonts."
x X
In 1901 DR.. Gregory's Legacy to My
Daughter was used in all boarding
schools. A fair idea Of the principles In
cuIcated by the book may be gained from
one sentence: III you happen to have
any learning. keep 1t profound secret.
especially from men. who look with
Jealous. malignant eye on woman of
great parts and q cultivated understand
ing"
In 1902 Jean Jacques Rouseeau's advice
regarding women voiced that of the times.
1t was this: "The education OF women
should always be relative to that of men.
To please, to be useful to us, to make us
love and esteem them, to educate US when
young, to take care OF us when grown up,
to advise. to console us. to render our lives
easy and agreeable; these are the duties OF
women at all times, and what they should
be taught from their infancy"
x Xxx
In 1908 man sold his wife In the same
manner he would have sold his cow The
sale took place in the Shenield (England)
market. The price procured was guinea
In 1906 It was thought to be good form"
for girl to faint often. Robust health was
considered indicate and a display OF
mirthful spirits immodest.
In 1905 geography was thought to be
'indelicate' for girls. and they were seldom
allowed to study 1t.
Until 1907 women had voted for every
presidential candidate. but In that year
they were disfranchised.
In 1903 q man in Knaresborough, England.
sold his wife for sixpence and quid OF to-.
bacco. and daily paper spoke OF such
events as growing too common
In 1909 thirty-fve women and children
were found employed in factories OF the
United States, and In that year married wo.
men were given right to make a will.
K X X
In 1910 Sydney Smith. making plea for
better educational opportunities for women,
said: women may be inferior beings, but