The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-06
|ssian Women
of To-Day

O4 u " y
HE active part which the ladies OF the
Russian aristocracy have taken lately
in helping the government to the best
of their power by giving their services
as telegraph and telephone workers. let
ers, etc, coupled with the significant lact
the program recently published by the
pnaries they demand equal suffrage Tor
i'd women. causes one to inquire what Is
tion of the Russian women of today and
Ter what part they will take in the TIRE
upheavals which threaten their country
part will be q very great one there is no
nc realize how immense is the influence
WELD in time of war we can not but feel
attitude of Russian women is Of the
importance. IL is little realized ~ Amer
large part Russian women Play in the
of their country. Moreover, their inAu-
n the men is increasing every day. The
risfoerat is BY no means the sedate, de
moiscllc she was thirty years ago, who re-
er education in a convent or from a
br English eorerness in her own home.
odcrp g7rl is keenly interested in her
wclfare-bow could she be otherwise?
nds public and private meetings, with or
her parents knowledge At the latter
FolutionaIy topics are discussed which
ring her within the arm of the law were
watchful police to discover them In
rometimes happens that the head of a
noble family is warned that his daugh
danger and under police supervision and
be first intimation he gets of her poiiti
ensitics. She is quickly sent abroad or
in far distant country scat TO mediate
blly, but the mischief has been done.
EDUCATIONAL ADVANCE MENT
women have long been known as ener
pablo workers; honest, straightforward,
and brave How brave few but their
know, though the fact Will probably be
all the civilized world shortly They
ght steadily for educational advantages.
e government has as steadily denied
I last the number OF young women who
Bia to study abroad was considered bad
ountry and they were ordered to return
in of exile.
of lectures for the higher education Of
yere opened at st. Petersburg by order
mpcror. They were given by the most
men of the university, who showed the
sympatby and willingly gave their best
ling salary. 1t is pathetic to read of the
rugglcs which arc being made by Rus
men to obtain n university education
poor to do so they take pupils or even
wants in order 90 find the means.
en- students arc as generous and sym
as the professors and often coach the
II nothing, besides helping them in every
way. The women who attend the Ice
chiefly the daughters of professional
imbers, however still study abroad in
escape the barassing regulations OF the
mt. They eke out precarious llveh-
en- living several In n room, their condi-
hne ip no respect from the working girls
unfry in which they are staying
.RNINED ON EQUAL RIGHTS.
1ch Spartan training it is not, therefore,
that IN tins time Of general unrest they
in forces with the men and insist on
heir wishes heard. The Moscow ladies
the way, and with the help of women
IT cities, have organized an association
Union of Defenders of Equal Rights
n. They demand absolute equality with
the suffrage, education and a right to
lIntmcnts.
agerful union Is composed Of different So
1ich include in their scope almost every
woman's life. A petition has been sent
vernon of Moscow, signed by over nine
yomcn, asking for equality between the
municipal affairs. This union also dc.
'e inclusion of some women on all the
have to try female prisoners, as they
hat men arc unable TO understand the
I'D psychical conditions which lead wom-
nmit certain crimes.
most significant fact that this associa-
Seen incorporated with the Russian Un-
diions lately founded for the political
eof Russia. One OF the most striking
B the way the sexes arc working hand
This increases the power of both for
VII a thousandfold
Is clubs arc forbidden in Russia, and
}w ladies' in st. Petersburg wished 10
ssociation for mutual help The govern
ented to allow its existence on condi-
,t was called philanthropic institution.
nearest approach 10 the modern wom-
That the Russian lady can attain.
81 OCCUPATION FOR WOMEN.
is the meritorious but in Russia easily
led one OF trying TO raise the tone and
Russian women so as TO fit them for
which hes before them 1t is an ex-
~ wcn organized institution, whose
h. carried on by a council Of capable, Gle
}. 1t is divided into twelve sections,
dm being a department to arrange
q lectures, register for finding employ
sgomcn and bureau for money lending
Is banks combined
,ety, which consists OF over 2GOo mem
" an active par. in alleviating any pub
ry. During the inundations which so
!Tr in Russia local centres are institut-
OK more efficiently and during the win
. ects money, clothing and food for the
hose suffering from famine.
war has had the effect of opening out
'Spations which were formerly closed to
Ne find from the latest statistics that
rglale officials arc employed in the TWEEN
y sian state railways. They act as book.
y points women and some are engaged