The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-06
WOMEN AND LEGISLATION
Long History Of Club Influence in Law
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The report to-day Of, Mrs. S. Forter Of
Marysville, Kan, chairman Of the, legis-
1ative committee II, YES a long on s;
, pages Of 7 h 9 j ournal. It. was a
history of the Legislative work accom-,
plished by the women S clubs. One Of
the most important measures was the
pure food bill, which has been acted
upon in many state legislatures thru the
influence Of the club women.
Next year Connecticut will ask for a
woman factory inspector, and for sever
al educational bills; Rhode Island wants
for one or more women on the state
board of charities and corrections, and
for state library commission; the Illi-
| nois women will work for an epileptic
home and they are watching all legisla-
| tive measures that concern women and
| children; West Virginia will ask for the
protection of children, the helpless, aged
and prevention of cruelty to animals.
Lone Star Women. X
The Texas women were largely instru-
mental in securing The appropriation for
the women s building Of the state uni
versity, and they are now working for a
library commission. It was the wom-
en-, also, who secured the passage of a
bill appropriating money for the pur-
chase Of the historic Alamo. liz 4
| From Montana comes word of future
efforts for the passage Of a child labor
Regulation bill, compulsory education,
the establishment Of children's bu-
reau, an investigation. Of the labor of
women and children and the pure food
bill. Wyoming has been working for
the establishment of a department Of
domestic science in the state university,
the passage Of a child labor bill, and
manual training in the high schools
the chairman, $50 that they are pretty
sure to get what they ask for.' :. ~
| e.. Work for Pure Food. .
The Wisconsin and New York clubs
are interested in civil service reform
and will continue their work along thai
line. Oklahoma and Indian Territory
are doing brayyely in spite Of the fac
disadvantages. They want pure foo1
bill, one for compulsory education, an
other for child labor, a territorial libra
nv commission, and have already Sc
) cured the passage Of bill providing TO-
the care and education Of child crimi
, nails. ~ 49,.
, Iowa has secured an excellent pur,
, food law and fairly good child labo
law thru the efforts Of the club women
South Carolina, New Hampshire, Texas
and Louisiana are devoting their ener
gies to education, and South Carolin:
clubs offer sixty-one scholarships il
: educational institutions. In Illinoi
, there are scholarships with which to re
; imburse widowed mothers who are de
prived Of the wages of their children
, whom the state forces to comply witt
it's education laws.
Tennessee for Education.
Idaho secured it's state travelin,
/ libraries thru the club women; Tonnes
+ see wants educational legislation tina
! will reach the mountains and is asking
/ for a fund for settlement schools; Cali
fornia stands for civic improvement
: and is also working for pure food an,
drug laws, forestry textbooks in tn
public schools, the prohibition Of rae
!. track gambling, the preservatin of Cali
;. fornia wild flowers, humane education
: and the establishment of state sanato
! ria.
Massachusetts has chosen nine bills
4 now before the legislature, to work fol
! and the clubs are asked to watch them
The bills, if passed. will regulate TIL
, taking Of security in certain cases, pro
!, hibit advertising certain diseases. pro
:. children. concern the adult blind. an,
relate to the. conditions Of sale of pei
sonal property. South Dakota wants
library commission: Pennsylvania j
wide-awake and will ask for pure 700
I laws. more restricted immigration TIL
preservation Of Niagara Falls. the es
Enlistment of forest reserves in Ney
) Hampshire. Maryland, Virginia, Wes
) Virginia, North and South Carolins