The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-12
AN AMERICAN WOMAN IN SYRIA
On. VARY PIERSON EDDY TELLS
OF HERWORk ~ THE EAST.
Dlmcuitlcs ~ EstablIshlng a SanitarInrn
fer Posr sufferers FROM TubercuiasIs.
Near Beirut status and Progress ~
Emancipation of women IN Turkey.

h'N"NNiAAitPN " "vhtu w AuFheNs
judging by the questions asked me
would say that people In this country are
Interested in only two subjects. woman
suffrage and tuberculosis.' Or. Mary
Pisrscn Eddy. he only woman physician
10 the Ottoman Empire holding an Official
poSiton replied when asked % talk about
her work IN Syria. Ever since landed
In America the first thing people meet
cay n me- h.
SoW do tell Va what they think Of
woman suffrage % Syria. and what you are
doing for tuberculosis
The answer to the first Is simply that
the people u Syria and all other parts Of
the Ottoman Empire haven't got far
enough along In their emancipation 20
think about woman suffrage AZ all This
new Constitution - theirs and the add
fional Freedom that 10 gives individuals
Il all 50 fresh and unusual that they
haven't begun 10 look a. far ahead az
women casting ballots. About the great
est change that have noticed among tho
women II that they drive around in their
carriage morr than formerly.
"Of course. being a physician. women
were always allowed % visit me- Before
this movement, this granting ~ a new
Constitution. IL was their oustomtO make a
holiday - their trips N see me- Often
whole families would take advantage Of
such an opportunity for the sake ~ get
ting an outing. So long a. they werp
coming N sea their doctor II was all rRhf.
AZ matters now stand ! don't have these
family parties ~ often and for the simple
reason that tho, women can drive out
without getting special permission.
Another change IL the rush for educa-
ton II has become almost a craze with
ell grades. men and women alike and all
anxious 90 learn and have their children
taught Everywhere schools ara being
started and th" demand for teachers far
0yce"ds tho supply Il all seems very
strange IN NJ who have been working for
year '0 set money IN support tho schools
% hav" all such work taken ont 81 our
hand and % find The people 81 their own
accord supporting schools N teach their
own chiIdr"u.
Another phase n tho movement among
tho women BE- that a few AZ vet only a
v@y few, are Speaking on public plat
sqrrs. More ~ them are writing for tho
pJr-ic prnss and some u them have
proved that they possess great power ~
expression.
In rr-lf We have one wornan's naner
Il wa- started recently. Though The e,ii-
tor D. "a man. all ih' contributors are
women T. has bren publishing a
series ~ historical articles about the
fawour women ~ thD world. So FAR only
on Syrian woman has bonn included in
the a"~I'z I1a-" is another woman q
ra-.r published .n FEyn' II is known A.
TIE i0Urg Woman 1r rather that 10 what
thH name would h. translated into English
m this both editors and contributors are
w0rNe- ard though b i- very young n
ALREADY ha- vide circulation.
4 NV srrIa'v Tor thn education ~
ra-lv" w0rrs1 tla Recently haan formed
an7nr ''" society women ~ Beirut
Ifia .". ..fv q. controlled by a rotary
beard " rG.o"rs. az % whom are socie,v
women. Their aim is to pick out hight