The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-07
WOMEN WORKERS
NEED FRANCHISE
Dr. Eastman Says They Could
Protect Themselves With
Ballot.
ERA OF FEMALE INDUSTRY
Women Strikers Unhcard Be
cause They Lacked Political
Power.

"Women's work, for tho greater part,
in this Industrial age. has passed out
of the home into the factory and mar
kct." declared DR.. Max Eastman. OF
Columbia University. New York, last
night when lie addressed about 80
members and friends of tile kqual Suf-
fraGc League OF Virginia in the audi
forum of the jefferson Hotel
one out of every five women in the
United states. according to the present
census continued the speaker, us out
in the industrial world trying TO earn
a living. And the percentage is smaller
here than In any other civilized cuun-
Try. The only solution of the problem
Is To give the women the defense of
political reformation. 70 accomplish
this end organization Is needed; or
sanization such as has given labor the
power ii now wicldS"
Nero Men Present.
The audience which heard DR. East
man was composed largely of women.
about nifty men were also present. and
many of them IS we'll as women. took
advantage of the speakers offer to
answer amy question relating TO the
subject which is interesting most OF
tho civilized world.
Miss Mary Johnston who introduced
l.
fraSc movement. and declared ii to be
widely spread, concerted and deter
mined effort to change the form OF the
present government from an arts
tocracy to q democracy
In opening his address DR.. Eastman
SAID he would not speak of the mill
iant movement. because in this country
there is nothing TO initiate against In
England he pronounced the politicians
~ hA ok "a,
because here. nc said. politicians will
promise anything.
More Than Justice.
one of the chief arguments Of the
suifrdgcttes." said Or. Eastman. lis
Justice. Many say that if a woman
wants tn vote. it is 10 ones business
why she wants to vote Ii is time u
put this justice argument on the shelf
and stop talking about it AS for the
puriiication of politics by giving the
ballot 10 the woinen--another worth
less argument, though admit that il
would probably eliminate temporarily
the powers of corruption in a city like
New York.
The attitude of men tina, they must
preserve the innocence of women say
Is morally wrong. There will be no
inundation OF purity b. womans vote.
They will do the body polite no ha rm.
II viii bring politics little nearer
home
The true democracy is to ask all
the citizens what they are interested in
having done.
Women Seek Living.
The place Tor woman Is in the
home. argue those who oppose women,s
votes They plead for motherhood,
when. because Of political conditions.
one OF every five women in this country
and the number is still increasing
is seeking II living in the Industrial
world under conditions corruptive OF
health and future motherhood.
Organization is the sole hope of la
Dor. The ballot as a symbol OF power
Is indispensable TO its work.
Thirty thousand women, during the
big shirtwaist makers strike in New
York not long ago, marched in a body
TO make an appeal to the Mayor. The
! Mayor was not interested Had they
been 3o.o0o men. voters or prospective
voters, he would have been vitality In
tercsted.
The best advocates OF womens suf-
! frase do not think 1t will reform or
purge politics. but believe and know
that politics is going to benefit women.
There are many women who do not
know enough TO want the ballot" CON
1ludcd DR.. Eastman