The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-02
VOTE GIVEN WOMEN
WOULD Be BLESSING

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the absorbing topic of conversation
among intellectual people"
AgitaIed Before the War.
The tight for womens rights was
being much agltated. Miss Johnston
continued, when evil war dashed
across the consciousness of the conn
try. thus retsrding the movements
growth by about twenty-five years. Ii
II now world wide question, reach
Ing fer and near. Its effect Tn seen
in Turkey where the custom Of veil
ing the wonaen's faces has been aban-
doned and in China where the cen
fury old custom os binding the feet
OF the women has been made Illegal
III liz a thing that was destined to
come and nov that II is here ii must
he recognized as the greatest move
ment of the age. IL Is the people with
duh inteilects who fear the ballot box.
In Miss Johnston's opinion. and when
the movement has been heraldsd as a
triumph and has Ridden on to sue
cess they will fall insa line like sheep.
wandering where they are led.
THIS Womanss Century
As a strikingiy similar case to the
opposition to woman's suffrage, Miss
Johnston told an incident In Japan's
political life. When the question of
teachers and other working male citI-
gems of the island empire the right TO
vote was brought up, on all hands the
officials asked. III they voted who
would attend to their business :" This
Is quite on level with the constant
ground OF opposition to woman's suf-
frage In America. universally reveal
ing itself in the question. Who will
care for the children and the homes
NJ
have she said. "a developed race cut
Of an undexeioped mother. The hssr
neficent results of womans. suffrage
which. at IT'S final issues. is always
opposed by those In favor of the sa~
looms. the liquor traffic schild abor
and corporations, is to be found on
every hand where ii has been tried
The twentieth century will be known
to history as woman's suffrage" said
Miss Johnston. and as intellectual
women of this century. she believes
that the nurses can not fail 10 become
"a Vital part Of this movement, which
is' s2S orc aspect OF the general up
ward trend OF the past ten years.
Tells OF Its Aims.
As president OF the Equal Suffrage
League OF Virginia, Mrs. b. b. Val
entine spoke OF the aims of the league
and the need of women's voting power
for the educational. industrial and So
cial betterment OF the women of vir-
ginia. As nurses. said Mrs. vaien-
tine, their chief aim Is the conserya-
ton OF life. and from this viewpoint
they should become allied with the
league movement. She briefly told of
the Intellectual effort OF women's clubs
and leagues to obtain appropriations
from Richmond's City Council for
Fairgrounds and improved educationaY
facilities last spring, when. in the
same breath, sso.0oo was appropriated
for the lights on Broad street to sat-
isfy the demands OF the voting mer-
chants. Said Mrs. Valentine: I'VE
wanted lights In the mind OF the chill
dren and Gods sunlight on their lit
tie bodies. This instance was cited
to show the beneflcent part that wo-
men as voters can take In public mat
ters, where. ii is needless to say they
will have wise legislation for women
and children most at heart. Confii-
tions in New Zealand. where women
have voted for twenty years, were re-
ferred to to substantiate her belief
that woman's suffrage will be bene-
fetal During this time infant NOR
tally and divorces have decreased,
and marriages and births have in
creased.
Must Have Training.
Miss Isabelle Stuart. OF the Teach
ers' College. Columbia University,
read an unusually strong and iliumi-
native paper on the necessity OF
theoretical training for hospital adj
ministrators and their relation TO So
cial service work. The instance Of
nervous diseases. now so prevalent.
but Tor whose treatment little knowl-
edge Is gained from the average hos-
pftal course. was cited as one OF many
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