The Washington herald., 1908-06-24
WHAT WOMEN ARE DOING
Ada May Krecher. IN Chicago Tribune.
Helen l.. Grenfell-

Ada May krecher. 81 Chicago Tribune
Helen l.. Grenfell-
Has served three terms as State super
intendent Of public instruction in Colo
rado. and points out that the granting
OF the ballot 90 women was quickly fol-
lowed by the addition Of manual training
school departments in the public schools.
Instead Of thinking less about their
homes. women began 10 consider them
more carefully. and sought TO bring TO
them something OF the scientific spirit Of
the age. Chairs Of domestic economy were
established IN the State Agricultural Col
lege and the State Normal school.
One If the first measures introduced by
the women members Of the Finnish par
lament provided for the regular teach
in OF household economies TO girls at the
expense Of the state. In Idaho soon
AZ 1er women were given the ballot they
secured a law providing for a department
Of domestic science in the state Univer-
sity and for a course Of lectures on do
nestle science in the Academy OF Idaho.
Miss Jessie Ackerman. who has reached
London after her sixth tour around the
world, reports that since she was last In
Australia women have got the franchise
there. In the mining districts she found
the miners wives took the keenest in
terest in political questions. and were
ready 20 talk politics intelNgently even
at the washtub" At the State elections.
held a few months ago in Queensland.
Australia, at which women cast th-i-
votes for the first time IN that province,
the press unanimously reports that they
voted in surprisingly large numbers
NIaude BaIIinGton Booth
Is a celebrated recruit to the woman
suffragist cause. II is believed that her
intimate association with the conditions OF
working women and criminals among both
men and women has given her TO relaize
the value Of the ballot for women in bet
tering many Of the, present circumstances
of these unfortunates.
Jane Adams. who has been lecturing
before a number Of colleges during the
last winter and spring on the subject OF
social legislation and the need OF the
ballot for women" declares that II for
their own sakes and for the good OF the
Republic, women Of property and women
Of education should be enfranchised. FAR
more IS the power OF the ballot needed by
the working woman. whose stake In the
country is represented by her life, her
health, her virtue, and the safety and
happiness of her children. Working women
need the ballot because they must possess
some control over the conditions of their
lives and those OF their children, and in
this twentieth century world the ballot
box offers the only channel through which
they can give expression TO such legiti-
mate control
The value Of the ballot is being felt the
world over by women. When the Inter
national Woman Suffrage Alliance was
organized at Berlin in 1904 six countries
were represented. At its first biennial,
held in Copenhagen in 1906, there were
delegates from thirteen. and at the inter-
national meeting to be held IN Amster-
dam in June, 1908, delegates are expected
from twenty-five.
Mabel SturteVnnt-
Is the only girl in the law department
Of the Missouri State University. She
has passed her examination for the bar
at jefferson City and been granted license
to practice law anywhere in the State,
whereas sixteen men failed to pass. Her
entire career as a student has been re-
markable. Distinctions. prizes. scholar
ships, honors, have been hers. She had
first rank in the grade schools with an
average OF 81. and she made the four
years course of high school at Brookfield
in three years, being graduated then as
valedictorian. She received scholarships
from three universities. Since enrolling
in 1905 at the University Of Missouri she
has taken both the law and academic
courses at the university and next June
will receive her degree. She is president
OF the Bliss Lyceum Debating Society.
Miss Sturtevant is the second woman 10
pass the rigid examination test for law
yers which was instituted three years ago.