New-York tribune., 1908-12-31
WOMEN As SLAVES
Duchess of Marlborough Deplores
Their Submission to Mans Standard.

- ss &, nv opinion the necessity adjust her
self 10 man to ne judged by his individu&l stand
ara ar6 10 conform her whole personality TO ms
ways Of thinking that has robbed E-ou1an OF the
newer strength and influence she oould otherwise
have exe-te6- Why shoald women have q 81 RnoAro
~ r1sf- and wrong adjustable 70 the moral sense
IF lie men whom they may happen 70 belong oy
p,,rcisaSe as earlier dsys-by marriage. as ID
modern How can any logical sequence in mind or
seton be expected OF woman under such prevail
ing conditions? In nearly all the Oriental nauohs
fss5hfuness is the only virtue extolied In woman
the only one expected of her seriously impressed
.pon her consciousness, and yet even that one
stronghold OF her soul could be destroyed at her
husbands command. though she would be punisheo
lyv death Il she destroyed ii without his permls-
SIGN what moral sense be born Of such an
anomaly Surely blind obedience is not the schoo-
to produce sense Of responsibility or moral cooe
n: for others than slaves, and Is peTncious In te
last desrse p sentient and thinking being
Thus writes the Duchess OF Marlborough in the
January number OF the North American he-
view ~rfsch comes out to-day. Her subject IS
The Position Of Woman and she proposes in a
series CT articles 20 follow The woman nom no
r1adio days, which Acknowledged her TO be su-
rqe-le.- through ''the gradual narrowing and re-
Etrictirz Of her sphere 70 the tbs present day.
-.sunh a brief review will" she Gays, make II
clesr TO Us that women not IN the first place
looked upon the weaker or more neShgloIe
cuantity- True they were not the fighting portion
Of the race but they were the organizers. ous-
Of name and fortune. snd. in many cases. electors
and lereivers as well
The article makes sarcastic reference 70 those
ladies' who are sacrificing their freedom, tine
wealth srd enjoyment for cause in which they
have not even the satisfaction OF feeling that The
vVnoIs of zvornankind upholds them" snd closes
with The suggestion that kspssia nay have cFsn
she first euHrazist- Abiding to her instruction OF
ether women, wives whom the Greek husbands
brought her ia defiance Of ali precedent ths
Duchess asks
What did she teach these poor prisoners OF con-
~ention. unto whom her message Of liberty. know
edge and moderation must have seemed as the
PRELUDE % some sweet harmony 10 which they had
-7cr rhe kevncte9 she able TO show their hest
-StiuE minds where cleaned the light; TO guioe
+hern through the shadows TO the efulgence OF that
perfect understanding she and FeT1cles had foundE
Nss her influence bent only raising them nom
the status Of housewives TO that Of companion
WV 5id she further and point out
r-nere wouan's path lay outside the four walls Of
he- bc17e2 Was she the first suffrag1st, and did
her political ambition include women as well as
men in .he Sphere her influence? There IS little
6o,bt some OF these theories must have actuated
her teachings would not have been tried
FOR ir7pety and only acquitted through the inlpas-
sione6 pleading Of Pericles. who this one occa-
sfan accompanied his entreaties with tears There
fs no doubt that AsTasia foresav that a city IN
which the mothers held In so little regard,
and were allowed 20 WELD none Of that influence
childhood requires. must sooner or later retro
erade."