Montana news., 1907-06-06
WOmen'S Clubs
A Call to Socialist Writers on the
Woman Question.


ist women of Greater New York ad-
dress these lines TO you in the hope
OF securing your cooperation to the
end that the great armies of women
be enlisted in the work of the social
ist movement. On the growing i'm
portance Of woman to the socialist
movement much can be said. Woman
is becoming an important factor in the
solution Of the social problem. The
tends ever more to the displacement
of male by female labor, and the crea-
tion of industries dominated by wo-
man. II becomes necessary, therefore,
to educate, organize and train woman
in order that she may be prepared to
play her part in the Inauguration of
the Socialist commonwealth.
The development of capitalism pro.
ceeds with great speed. Class divis
ions become more emphatic. There is
need of rejecting these facts on the
minds of the working class, irrespective
of sex, so that capitalist tendencies
may be fully appreciated and met.
We intend to pay exclusive attention
to the work of education among wo-
men. This phase of the socialist ae-
tivity has been generally ignored de-
spite the fact that, in the United
States, for instance, there are 5,000,-
600 women wage workers; and at
least 100000 wives, daughters and
sisters of men wage workers.
In this work of woman education,
the Socialist Women of Greater New
York, deem the creation of a popular
leaflet literature. dealing with woman
in modern society, the first nesessity.
Some of these leaflets will be distrib-
uted broadcast, at factories where wo-
men are employed; and an extensive
organization will be created for the
purpose of doing this work on the gi-
gantic scale that the conditions de-
mand Other leaflets will be sold at
low cost, possibly one cent each.
In order to create this popular leafet
literature, the Socialist Women of
Greater New York feel impelled to
rely upon your hearty cooperation and
voluntary contributions. We there
fore appeal to you TO favor US with An
article of not less than 200 and not
more than 1000 words on any of the
following topics:
| Woman as an industrial factor
under the capitalist system.
2 Woman and marriage.
3 Woman as the wife of the wage
worker.
4 Woman as an economic dependen,
5 Woman and politics.
6 Woman and the family.
7 Woman and industrial unions.
8 Woman and her relation to the
Socialist movement.
Also articles bearing in general on
| Nohah III al utI attlNlAlts unuti ta
pitalism.'
Each article must be as simple a:
the subject will permit. 1t must ad
vocate the socialist remedy and make
plain that no hope for relief can be-
expected from capitalist society. Al
the articles will be sent to the var
ious socialist publications of the coun
try, thus making the women readers OF
these publications the benefciaries OF
the knowledge thus gathered, leading
to the creation of "Woman's Col
umns. The respective publication:
will be permitted to exercise the free
dom of criticism, as some of the ar
ticles may not accord with the tactics
which they espouse. This would b,
creative of wholesome discussion
which will no doubt, prove satisfactory
to all concerned. The article pro
nounced the best will be printed il
leafet form, over the writers sigma
ture, and distributed, il is hoped, by
the millions, through the efforts o.
the women of the land.
The Socialist Women Of Greater New
York have, in pursuit of their educa
tional objects, already offered a priz
of 800 Zone hundred dollars) for tn
best essay on the general subject o
Woman and the Socialist Movement
Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the dis
tinguished authoress and lecturer
Frank Bohn, National Secretary of tn
Socialist Labor party, and Mr.. w. j
Client, Secretary of the Rand Schoo
of Science, have consented to offciat
as judges and award the prize to tn
winner. This offer has met with
favorable response and promises +
prove productive Of good results.
Our experience has taught us tina
J our sex can only be appealed to in