The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-01-28
THE EVOLUTION OF WOMAN
Her Progress During the Nineteenth Century Causes
and Effects Graphically Portrayed


women could with perfect confidence
leave their little ones TO noble, chNri'
table, sanitary, humanitarian, and en-.
enityntcned care. while they worked
for their tally necessities. and these
free Institutions are mostly endowed,
contributed To and managed by women
vi m,abs,
There we're no free night schools and
frrr endowed humanitarian charities
such as we know, rescue homes, a"y.
lun,S fur the blind and deaf With all
educational advantages, homes FOR
aged women, rctormatory schools Tor
children Of both sexes, orphan asylums
and huineS Tor abandoned children,
There were no schools OF domestic eco
nomy. OF cooking. and all branches
that gu to make up the assrcgate OF
Sn much that women are learning IN a
sctchtlGc way today; and yet, We may
SAY these things are only Ia their In
fapey, because men and women are
only learning the 4. n, G. Of organized
effort.
A,,up rho vast strldea made In tho
scienee ~ nntiseptIc surgery. obstet.
r,rs an, trained nursing. has not only
nrn',,nr,.d the lIfr of mankind in gen.
e,nl but to women I'm partlcular has
sufror come In the way OF delicate
s,1rglr,t onarntlons thai now save
n'nnv a usef,,l me that formerly was
s,c,,On,d In ohstatrIca thcre are an-
S',h,ttrs and cunningly devised In.
strr,nrnts welded by sklllfu hands;
that agaln saves many life and re-
lleves many an hour OF pain. that was
formerly thought to be woman's lot to
tear Not so long ago II was thought
nm aWnll disgrace for woman to have
any other occupation but teaching
neWing cooking or factory work To-day
there Is No avenue ~ bread. winning
labor she may not do. providing she
= phySlcally and mentally capable, So
IN city you Will see IN tile early
morning hours, almost as many wom'
en- and girls. Fastening "a their daily
Nvucatluns. as those OF the opposite
sex. And that great hug-bgar, the adj
verse opinion of man, II no longer taxi
en- into consideration. Consequently,
man. nnitlug HIS former prorogutlvc of
forming broad boundaries for himself
and narrow ones for his sister, woman.
gone. has generously aud sensibly
stepped aside, and, noble brother that
he IL, faces about and gives her Il help
ing hand. So now We may say tn'
only bar to the rapid progression OF
woman lies within herself.
SHE has 80 long been In semi dark
ncsS ana unself- reliance that she can
nos clearly see the brilliant light tha
Is all about her
She a. n,w making her own llmlta
lions hut as she lives out and beyond
m. nrasent IImitntlona which abe is
alone resp1nsIble for. as they are self.
made then and then only win SIN. b,
nhl, IN snrand her wings and soar on,
warI 4, unlImitnbie fields of enllght.
enunnt and prneression. Each pener.
atInn ~ enllghtened motherhood will
hrlns- forth sona and daughters IN IN,
manor horn. can YOU conceive The
idaa TINT a small.mInded. one. ldcaed
sor,liJ enyious. avariclous. untruthful
deceptive woman could give birth &
son who would at once be u states
man, man by inheritance able "a
appreciate all the broad principles o
law and order that govern the uni
verse: 10 know them BY Intuition hn'
to tJllow them from Innate love oI
right7 Gould he be nlled with gentl,
sympathy for errlng humanity Gould
tho son Of such mother be guided by
truth. aud justice. To all humanity?
Can you Imagine n Shakespeare born
~ such a mother, Gladstone a gen
tie poet Ike Whittier. Instinct Will
love Tor his creator and all animate
nature. sweet singer Of verse Hike
Eugene Field. with his wonderful ten
der love Tor children. animals and pets.
Nu--reNer, Universal law points plain
Is 10 the fact that Ike b'gcts like
And this lnfalllble law governs all ma
ture animate and inanlmate, nn mex
orablc low made by divine decree
Every great and good man or woman
| thai ever came on the earth had III,
stamp OF great and good mother
| hUV ever obscure and humble Fhe may
have bfen. The mothers thought was
| lndclibly interviewer In the being o
her child. ~"
So thinking OF woman's superlor ad.
vantages today. and the wonderful
change la her condition during IN,
| century, and that II has mostly COM
| aboat by the intelligence OF the SON
Of mothers. we trace effect back 4
cause, and know at once that the broad
PRINCIPLES OF our government; this land
Of the free and the home OF the brave
| have, in spite OF goman's disabilities
| drawn her forward and upward, NOR
ally, intellectually and physically, not
as individuals but In the aggregate.
AS a people grow In intelligence, and
enlightenment so also must they grow
In broad humane principles They must
know that what Is good and Just Il
the few must be right and cnnoblInJ
to all. A woman has recognition nov
before the law, that In the past centur-
leg were not thought at all proper
that she should have. She has person
al and property rights that she did not
think Of demanding before this cen
tury began And much Of the legis
lation has been given her by the SOM
Of women who were unselHsh enough to
see her great need. But he has had tC
use argument and diplomacy and even
strategy TO counterbalance the selfish
ness and prejudice Of his less enllght.
| eupd hrothpr man