New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-03
WOMEN WORKERS BARRED
en,thern Pacific Says They Get
I Carried When Becoming Useful.
so.p WILL EMPLOY NO MORE
,s,sical Disqualification Also
'r:.sd-Prominent Women Say
rs Simple Discrimination.

v-sne,sco. Aug. THE tendency Of
-.r-v rust Wien they ars capable OF
T. 80 work and the physical trcapacscy
Co ATS them for advancement a.. thH rea-
Nhie1 ~ officials Of IN. Southern Pacific
- hereafter 20 employ no women as
:, .tsnog-aphers IN the eonpany's pas
Co. s,partrent. This new rule goes into
,--~s,ats effect
.s,-,A old maid manager IS probably
-s,hte <or that move" said Mrs.
TO- bailey when told OF the action Of
e,,+he-n Pacific. Whatever reasons
assigned you can usually trace things
.sjs kind 70 the personal prejudice Of
s.-,s powerful Official
90 course" sne continued. IF the
,.ns-, Pacific wants 70 discriminate
,s-.,nst women Il has right 70 DO So
- q g acting contrary 70 the policy OF
.S..vhole country, and there IS nothing 70
- alarmed about The world can't get
&c without women. 7 admit that the
~.n,i,+v O, the woman employee 70 marry
HHcultv. but everything on earth has
=. SiHcrlty associated with Il. and this
-. * greatly exaggerated. Many women
:. not marry. Many others continue their
--,-t ae-er marriage, snd this class is a
.-,Ulng one. Y Is the child that keeps
linen In the home and there are vast
.--Ns-s % chEdless wives who would be
N,nr,er 4 they were working outside their
Ss7,es AS for those wAo give up their
,r,-k when they NARY, they have prob
shly given the employer full value for
THAT he has paid them. Women pick
,b,nrs ID more quickly than men. and II
rev leave after the employer has had
sc trouble Of training them. that trouble
has probably been less than Il Il would
ssre been had they been men.
AS for the physical disabilities Of women,
whatever they may De. they have not pre-
vented them from enduring the most arou-
nus toll and attaining success.
Mrs. William Warren Penheld. acting
,As4--na, Of the woman suffrage party.
,,so admitted that marriage did have q
tsrdencv under present conditions 70 inter
4.rA with vou7en's work in the outside
world. but che did not think the difficulty
serious enough 70 Justify the action Of the
Southern Pacific.
'r, case II work requiring \ long course
~ training T can understand she SAID
..-rs- the possibility Of q woman's marry
ing and giving un work lust when she nae
Seoore valuable might he a good reason
FOR not employing her, but ordinarily the
s--,ue1t has very little weight. and II IS
usually used as a pretezt TO cover up the
zeal reason for discrimination against
women.
MANY women continue work after mar
rage. and N the case Of a valuaele en-
rlovs the Arm ought 20 be glad 70 give her
leave GO absence when necessary. just as
e. does fl the case II a valuable man EN-
p'ove.
As for the physical disability argument
q 's perfectly absurd. The company doesn
need 70 employ iuvands. II can get plenty
n able-bodisd women who AZ the same
tine have the necessary intelligence 10 90
their work
Mrs. Robert z Elder, wife Of the Assist
rnt District Attorney Of Kings County ana
chairman OF the woman suffrage party OF
T-ooklyn. vas rather pleased 20 hear OF
.',e action Of the Southern Pacific.
Women need 70 be walked Up" she said,
"snd e more employers would turn them
ont IL might rouse them 70 the importance
~ getting the ballot