The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-06


invited there 10 speak, but to listen and
learn" whcrcupon she, with few others,
Withdrew and formed the WOman's state
Temperance Society.
When, during the came year. the
FRIENDS OF Temperance met in New
York 10 arrange Ior u Worlds Temper
cnce Convention. it was dec-ued by a com
lnittee that women should he exciuueo
from The convention, whereUpon Thomas
Wentworth II iSg. nseon requested az per
sons who wished TO call whole
" U--u Ae-iis'e.e,..ee Noii.e..tt9h TO meet
elsewhere.
Ten women and a number of liberal
minded men lett the room After Their
departure another discussion followed
condemnins ali pubic acton OF women,
and one reverend gentleman offered
thanks FOR being now rio of the scum OF
the convention
MEN DIDN'T BELIEVE IN THEM.
The attitude OF individual to the
woman question, tnen beng aSltated,
could be detected by the word he used
The friends Of the advancement of the
sex spoke Of them as women, the oppon-
ents, females.
The difference OF conditions surrounding
men and women was owing to the preVa-'
lence of the opinion that the minds OF
women were wholly incapable OF GraspinG
higher learning, and that education be-
yond the rudiments would render women
..indelicate,'' masculine. and unfit them
for the special sphere for which nature
and God had designed them
ny very slow, laborious processes,
through trials and tribulations. public
opinion has been transformed within the
century until ut this beginning OF new
century not only high schools but nearly
all Of the chief colleges IN the world are
open to women. either directly o. by the
provision of separate colleges.
The first college students were looked
upon with co4ltumely and ridicule, but SO
successfully has the woman student been
proving herself-not only equal, but, IN
many cases. superior to the man student
that she has forced the honor and respect
OF students, faculties, press nnd public
In the professions she has made such
qleadvay that long ago the objectlonaoie
terms doctress and authoress were dis
cardeG.
GOING RIGHT AHEAD.
7. &c estimated that some eight thou
sand graduated women physicians are
practicing in the United States
Hundreds of women have been srdu-
mated from law schools. and many are
engaged in lucrative practice SeVeral
hundred women are occupying Puipi'5
with credit TO their denomination 'ttio
sex: but ordination of women cannot De
The woman reporter was an unknown
tern, at the beginning of the century.
Although there We're occasional ne"spd-
pers writer's, the profession OF louFiia.isli
was not opened to them Inc t"eEtle'h
century opens with thousands OF women
engaged in various departments VI i'e"3
paper and magazine work
IS,,t nerhaps the greatest development
of the woman movement WITHIN the past
century has been the personal HperlE
which is now conceded to the sex a re"
wears ago women seen on the SlleeIs
after dark or seen in the business por-
tons of the city at any time during the
day. were looked upon with suspicion.
Now women are employed in every Dulio-
ing on the business street
]. is said that Margaret Fuller shocked
public taste in Boston by sitting down ID
"a public library TO read book To-day Wo-
men are the greatest patrons of the pup
die library, and many are the women IL
DrarianS.
THE WOMEN OF RICHMOND.
Until recent years in France women's
oraanizations were forbidden by law, and
although no law to that effect was ever
placed on the statutes in the United
states. public opinion in the early century
was equally as effective in restraining
any such movement
Statistics of 1900 show that there are
now - 10 women cIuDS III Inc ,iiisoS.
States oSi belonging to the General
Federation Of Clubs.
Here in Richmond are many assoclat-
ions that exist for purposes of reform.
philanthropy or the object Of selI-culture.
Among these are the Woman's Club: No
mans Christian Temperance Union.
Daughters OF the American ReVolutloll,
George Washington Memorial Society.
Colonial Danes. Daughters OF the Con-
federacy. Confederate Memorial Literary
Sociaty Association for the Preservation
of Virginia Antiquities. Womans Chris
tan Association. the various memorial
associations, numerous auNillaricS and lit
erary societies. all the outcome OF 4
liberty OF organization that is compare
lively new.
The foothold she has gained fair woman
is not likely to lose but viii strengthen
until she reaches the summit. The TWEEN
tieth-century woman is no less a devoted
mother because she is an educated one;
no less a helpful wife because she is a
wiser one. and her wonlans sphere is not
narrowed because her horizon is a broader
one. c. 3.