Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-13
fortunate I was to<have my misunder-
standing in regard TO labor dispelled."
She Is a Socialist.

fortunate I was to>1iave my misunder-
standing In regard to labor dispeiled."
She Is "a socialist.
Within a few weeks after entering the
speaking field Miss Flynn was arrested
one night for 'obstructing Broadway. Then,
urged by members of the socialist party
to give up her public activity until she
was older, she declined. She kept on and
It was at a convention of the Industrial
Workers of the World held in Chicago in
September, 1908, that she met John Archi-
bald Jones, to whom she was married the
following January. She has never as
sumed her husbands name, however; she
still is Elizabeth Flynn.
Woman" she said, doesn't care very
much for individual rights; otherwise she'd
take advantage. of present rights which are
now denied her.
why doesn't woman keep her own name
after marriage? She is prevented by no
law. To take a mans name is only her
acknowledgment of possession by man.
Women who have outgrown the idea that
they belong to their husbands have no ex-
cuse for clinging to the symbol OF owner
ship"
IDEAS of Motherhood.
Similarly radical are Miss F1ynn's ideas
regarding motherhood.
1--WE are told she said two years ago TO
a New York audience, that motherhood
is the crown of woman's life and her duty
to the world. Society in the long run Is
the principal beneficiary. I vehemently
repudiate any duty which women owes to
man, society or God that would compel her
to bear children. 1t should be a matter
of choice with her always"
There are no real homes for working
people under capitalism" was her answer
when asked whether it were not better
for a young girl to stay at home than enter
into public life. with the working people
the sacredness of a home goes for naught
beside the rude demands of the landlord
Contrary to expectation Miss Flynn is
not an active suffragist; she considers
working for that movement a waste OF
time.
TT is only organization in the industrial
field that will do the working woman any
good" she declares. what has the suf-
frage ever done for the working man?
Anyway, cant women sec that II Is pitt
fully undignified for tlem to be asking
man for the ballot? l like better the atti-
tude of the militant suffrage;te, who de-
mands the ballot"
The new woman is pushing steadily into
the professions. New York university has
for some time permitted her to study law
within its portals, and Columbia unlver-
sity has recently announced that at the
coming summer session women are to be
admitted to courses in both law and medi-
cine. The law courses will include courses
in personal property, criminal law, hank
ruptcy and New York procedure.
No doubt here. as in the wOman's law
class OF New York university. advantage
will be taken by women who do not expect
to use their acquired knowledge profess
sionally. but for general culture and in the
management of personal property and
business affairs. Among the alumna OF
the Woman's law class are Miss Helen
Gould. Mrs. Dave Morris, Mrs. John r..
Mum and many other women OF the so
called leisure class: but there seems 10
be 10 woman of leisure nowadays.
Women Of Executive Ability.
There are lnnumerable women in bust
ness already controlling large businesses
and personally operating small businesses.
In various civic affairs women are pushing
toward, To the executive ranks. They
have long been teachers i'm the educational
field. but they are now taking place on
boards OF education.
Wide civic enterprises are heated by
women. Mrs. Frederick Nathan heads the
Consumers league OF the city Of New York.
Mrs. Henry Parsons heads the children's