The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-09-05

of the school work andyet be Leadership
AS the nrst woman to be placed In control the
schools big city 1t will be my to prove thas
mistake has been made, and to show critics and
friends alike that Is better qualified thia
work than a man."
This frail little In gray, who had Just besA
victorious of noted men. suggested that
while she day hoped to the extension of sufs
frage to women. the eventual supremacy of her sea
would result from complete control of the pubiiA
schools.
az do not wish to be misund erstood." Mrs. Younk
remarked. J" am here to do my work. and there Is
great deal ahead of me. woman do thar
talk High executive positions the inherited
right of alone. Chicago. in this respect.
lights the way We been coming toward this for
a long time
"Why. when began teaching here in Chicago back
in 1852 it would have absolutely impossible for
q woman to receive a lprincipalship / paid
then s25 a month. This week began work super
ntendent at $40 900 year. Doesn't that indicate that
times have changed2 And conditions going to
revert nowi When taken from the position Of
high school instructor mathematics to be made
principal I the first five six women
principals in the country. III looked then If had
reached the highest point possible for woman.
After that though. in the onward march of femi.
nine recognition other principalships chair in
Chicago University then head of the great Chicago
most important post possible for any teacher"
PROSPECTS FOR WOMEN
Mrs. Young smiled. and modestly apOlOgized fOr
having said much about herself
1.-The world will ind that women have determined
succeed; they succeeding. There is o reason
why any young woman should feel in any way dis
couraged Men longer getting the executive
positions in preference to women. There brilliant
prospects for the young wOman-who works"
Mrs. Young paused for emphasis. then continued
with decision:
For centuries believed they could do every
thing alone They mistaken And. of course It
is equally true that women will do everything
alone We have such desire. What want Is
merely chance l have mine now, 1t lies with
me to show what woman do. We wish to help
men and to play equal part in the AFFAIRS the
world When a woman really decides that she should
be factor In activities she starts earnestly
accomplish her ends, and she succeeds Undeniably
that offers the explanation for the wonderful adj
vancement of our sex in the last decade two"
Mrs Young has been what may be termed quiet
advocate of suffrage for But she is positive in
the declaration that she is an admirer feminine
virtues of modesty believing that the greatest vic
tories effected through preservation all that
is admired in womanlness. She illustrates this view
girls
sit has taught girls how walk Our girls of to-
day don't toddle-they step out, firm and strong
don't want girl to be masculine. by means; but
neither do like to woman mince The girls out
the normal frequently bring brothers sis
ters with them. When 1 the young women crowd
ing around these tiny folks and loving them 80 much.
know that many want most home. That is
as it should be; but If woman feels that she has
power and can be useful in the business world let her
enter it. by all means"
Asked to give some rules OF life that have brought
her to her present power Mrs. Young will tell you
that thoughtfulness of speech. health systemzaton
have been great aids. She rises every morning at
o'clock, and spends three evenings each week in
study. In appearance she Is unassumng. dressing
simply attractively Perhaps the penetration Of
her brown eyes and her poise the only features
that would impress casual observer marking
unusual