The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-29
SOUTHERN WOMEN IN REVOLT.
SsetRsdIss Churrh wsrksrs Demsna EauAI
Rights.

To ruE Enron oF TIVE SrN-Siv. The
women NJ the Methodist Episcopal Church
South are making vigorous effort 10 secure
the same rights m The church a. belong
TO other members Of the laity A, present
women cannot vote in church meetings
or hold even the humble-t church once
They are legally deharTed from being church
stewards or superini sndents Of sunday
schools Hundreds 81 women are acting
pressed into service through the neces-i:
lies Of the church. The Woman's Board
81 Home Missions has addressed . dig.
20 the General Conference of the Meth
odisf Ep'scop1l Church South. which viii
ing iha, to isy women shall be granted the
The SOUTHERN NethodI-i women have
published q number of elective Leaflets In
support OF their claim. One - . compila-
ton u short expfes@tons rom large num-
her Of Eomsn dss,insuresd Tor her 500
the status of women in other demon ina ions.
showing that MethOdiat women have tewer
rights than the women NJ any other Prot
s,@'ani church IN tho South
The women plea - meciinE with large sup
port siN out 81 etght conference s9ctetiea
Endorsed n nv overwhelming ma tOrtiiea IN
Florida. Alabama. north !lahaUa north MIS-
sissippi north Georgia and tennessee Five
CIV mission boards number " district
conferences and 'he FLORIDA annual con-
ferents have also adop'ed The memorial
characterized ~ common ~-n~~ reason and
moderation. The sort ~ opposition they
hSy: 20 :", T ,ss ss.S %dTcd frc fGS-
raCsfr 81 April IS nv one = q Reeves Ne
avs among o'her thing~
,rs, *. ss !; S,ssn re pss as
and Scnan susan " Anthnnr ard ulia
i,iss and dld make their imTrrSs upOn .0ciety
hut u Vas Ike the eject ~ the rough Iron respei
~ Inc load rnoresi nalnt dauh.t over = noble pro
durtlon ~ Nieheia19rlH m names ~ those
nos-.. M urrpaned ana arr ns,r- spoken IN ire
sanc breath sith what + lovely In Womea
In the Methodist Fps church =, the
nations. II - nov regarded - matter of
cour-e hat women should have the same
I,i,v anything else wo,ild Ne booked u,on
~ rIdir ulOuS. 10 u - both pleasant ana
snusins 70 80 ,h- 'cnser We IN the
dnting from women vote In the church all
the sd results that conservatives el~ev here
Tha ohiectIon~ are even IauGhabIy alike
4 feW ants have developed among
southern Neih"disI women. and the OPP
bnc ObiectOr declares. Home nor mot her
hOod l. within ne CompaSs Of tbe memorial
have heen elected lay delegates 10 the
Met hndist Episcopal General Conference IN
sixteen Years, like ~. anti-s1nrssisi Who
that thera would be q general rush ~ Women
into offigc and nov calls woman suffrage a
failure ON the ground that only about =
score Of Won,en have ever been eI~ct~d 10
the LEGISLATURES tn the cnfranch ised Stat
When the rne'norialtsts point 80 he mill
ions that tho women have raised for mis-
siors and their many other good works
theae rhurrhly antis- say the fact that the
this without a vote shows thu, they do not
The mer,oriaIi-'s are charged with s.ek-
man and woman. 4 woman who wante
= vote in Iss meetings 81 her Church = de-
81 nssrsny a, :" ' ssrs sI T
buklnKly 20 ihose misguided women =aS
think thai a woman Oushi to he allowed o
he sunday ~ hooi superintendent
the question for ths Noninn 30 consider u not
have J q Iizhs - holI ofslsi POSITION Dui
Inn po-e thls add ioasl ezpareibtIy Whsu sIready
20 uiurh Of bsr work i left for my hands
Il ). asserted Of the Me'hott-t Episcopal
Church North that M forward movement
IN that great eccle-iastical body has basn
Rttrtbu'able 80 the voice and vote Of women
in its legislative assembly. ann the concur
any church matter
Anti-sudragists claim thar women ought
Isnui%r. "~ hs. nss arrived N m. snss n,,
rhised states Brother y & Reeves makes
parallel argument against giving them
equal rights IN the church and Sunday
The Methodist Epsscopal Chusch. with NOR.
thsa doHhls a. MANY women memheTs a. hss oara.
Womeu and N1thin the territory % mat chuTrh
the streets are SUI nithy, and tepauts stall burn
rails. although iuhibited By civil Lac houses Of
prostitution sun BAXTER sosls Tor petf And there
not - N our territory the wNite slave trade
has neen tnaugurated stnce ne women were en-
dorsed With equal rights Win the iaity.
The controversy viii add 20 Ths gAyety
membership Of the suffrage associations IN
the Southern statep.
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