Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-23
REFLECTS new CONDITIONS
Mrs. Woolsey Says Doctor Repre-
sents Mans Altered Position.
ADvENToF sUPERwoMAN NEAR
Complete Change in Present Social
Conditions Il Predicted by
New York Woman.

NEW XOtLh, July ZZ--MfS- hdte 1LlHl-
BILE Woolsey, q resident suffragist. MEN,
Der Of eeventy-f1ve women's organizations
and author Of Republics Versus Wom-
an" has advanced an amazing philosophy
which answers the statement Of DR.. Lee
Deforest that his marriage was only a
biological reason"
DR.. Deforest Ia suing for divorce. His
wife Is Nora Batch Deforest, daughter
Of the suffrage leader. Mrs. Harriet Stan
ton Blatch. The doctor declares his suf-
fragist wife and mother-in-law ignored
him after the birth Of baby girl.
Mrs. Woolsey, in an interview at As
bury Park today. stated that DR.. De-
forest, in rebelling against being only a
biological factor of the family life"
merely reflected mans changed position
in society. He simply represented. she
said. the first man to be caught in this
whirl Of an evolution ushering in a new
woman. aided by the suffrage movement,
who would rule the world.
Mrs Woolsey declared that her views
were shared by the more progressive suf-
fragists and by the leading writer's and
scientists Of Europe with whom she dis
cussed the subject at the great interna-
tional gathering Of scientists in Brussels
She IL putting these views in a book en-
titled ''Superwoman."
Suffrage IL only one Of tho powerful
agencies which are hurrying on the ad-
vent OF the superwoman, said Mrs. Wool
sey.
Present Forms Will Topple.
"Neither tho personal feelings Of Dr.
Deforest nor Of any other creature can
alter this tremendous fact. Our institu-
lions are built wholly upon woman's eco
nomic dependence on man and when
woman is economically free, a condition
which science and invention will secure
to her. 1t Is inevitable that our present
forms Of marriage. religion and laws will
topple to their ruin.
Our women are not only growing
larger physically. but in every field Of
the men. II they can gain 80 much with
a partial liberty and independence, what
may we not expect when suffrage gives
them absolute freedom from man-made
laws?
Woman IL rapidly coming into her
rights, and firmly believe that she will
eventually rule the world. 1 believe also
that 1t Will be much pleasanter world
to live In when she does rule It. Man is
rap dly eliminating himself. 1t Is natures
so"-lHC survival OI In0 HC1eSt. Inc male
was an afterthought Of nature. Through
out the animal world. below man, the
female Is supreme.
Women" continued Mrs. wooIsey. are
the species; men are only Incidents While
women were caring for the children men
stole their rights. Women, to begin with,
owned all tho property and land They
cultivated the soil and invented manufac-
tur ng and the arts. The first govern
ment was the matriarchate. or woman
rule. and the children inherited through
the mother and took her name
Took All Good Places.
Finally. through brute force. man
everywhere lowered supreme. He made
God male creature. a replica of him.
self. He assumed all tho places of
profit. honor. glory in every neld of life.
In church, state and society. Centuries
Of repression. acting through the laws
OF heredity. have lessened woman's
physical size. depressed her mental ac-
ton. subjusated her spirits. and crushed
her beyond tho right Of sanctity Of her
And what has resulted from this So
ciety? Humanity has scarcely advanced
a step in brain development. physical
perfection or moral excellence beyond
when men wrested the rulership of So
ciety from the mothers"
Giving her reasons for the changed
conditions Of society. Mrs Woolsey
said:
woman cultivated graciousness of
manner and beauty of appearance, be-
cause these were her only weapons
against the brutality and sheer force
of man. Now she is devoting herself to
training her brain. and scientists are
constantly proclaiming her increasing
physical strength. Man is deteriorating
in physical strength and stature, and
'Tn Great Britain alone today there
are more than a million more women
than men.
Man is fast becoming the appendage
to woman. just as woman today Is his
appendage. The future belongs to the
feminine sex; there will be super
woman, but not a superman The super
woman will select the father OF her
children Man now selects the mother
of his children.
Glad Of Mothers-in-Law.
Referring to DIR. Deforest's charge
that his mohter- law. Mrs. Batch. was
to blame for much Of his trouble. Mrs.
Woolsey said:
1.-THE time is coming when men will
be very glad to have mothers-in-law.
suffrage or anti-suffrage'.
with a complete civilization" contin-
ued Mrs. Woolsey, "such as women are
now forcing upon US. man will be as
helpless and as much out OF place In 1t
as women have been in tho brutal, coarse
! conditions which have suited Ills ideas