Arizona republican., 1911-08-24
:: WILL WOMEN
RULE WORLD

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Olive Schreiner says they may sur
PASS men in the future.
1t is quite possible that the female
half Of humanity may be found more
fitted than are men for the bulk of
human Iabors in the future" s.
says Olive Schreiner, and she pictures
women as becoming the greatest fl
nanciers. judges and Lawmakers.
This same Olive Schreiner who was
once known only as a great but
peaceful novelist. author of The
Story of an African Farm" is now
marching up at the head of the Wo-
mems Rights procession, and her ban
ncr is the largest in the parade.
Across it is inscribed large: We
women take all fields of labor for
our right"
In her book Woman and Labor"
(Stokes. New York;. she states her
demand with the swing of a Kipling
poem and the hard science Of a col
lcge professor Women. she declares.
must and will take over full half in
all fields of labor from digging
bitches To ruling rations. or else. with
this modern age of machinery. they
must become mere parasites. In an
sWcring the objections likely To- be
urged against her theories. she de
clares. in reply To tho retort that
women may be unable To- carry ON q
run half IF all lahors, that. on the
other hard. women may prove much
more able to conduct the world than
are men
1t may be-" said Mrs. Schreincr.
that with the smaller general bulk
with the muscular finencss and the
prepondcrance Of brain and nervous
system in bulk over TN" flcShy parts
of the organism which generally char
actcrizcs the female as distinguished
from the male. 20 mental qualities
which will peculiarly fit her for tho
labor of the future. 1t may be that
her lesser possession of strength.
which gave dominance at one stag.
o. human growth. Will. under new
conditions Of life. i'm which the value
Of crude mechanical strength as dis
tinguished from high vitality and
strong nervous activity is passing
away. prove as largely To- hor advau-
tagc as his muscular bulk and
strength i'm the past proved to tho
male. 1t is quite possible. i'm the new
world which IS arising about Us, that
the type Of human most useful To- So
ci.ty and best fitted for its future
conditions. and who Will excel i'm the
most numerous forms of activity.
will be. not the muscularly powerful
and bulky. but the highly versatile.
active. adaptive. sensitive. physically
finc-drawr type: and. as that type is.
rather more commonly found in tho
female, IT is quite possible that. on
the whole. the female half Of human
itv may. by virtue of its structural
be found most fitted for
the bulk of human labors in the fu-
tUrc.
As with individuals and races. sol
also with sexes. changed social cor
ditiors may render exactly those quail
tiles which in one social state We're
u disadvantage. of the highest social
advantage i'm another.
IF we were TO be reduced again
suddenly 10 state Of nature. a COM
pany Of highly civilized men and WOO
men would at once find their social
value inverted Landed on desert
shore. unarmed and rakod, it would
not then be the mighty financier, the
learned judge. or great poet or scholar
who would be sought after. but the
thickeSt-headed NAVY who could
bring him down bird with a stone.
and i'm day raise wall which would
shelter the group. 1t would not de-
the skilled dancer who in one night
in civilized state. earns her nun
dreds, but the girl of the broad back
and the strong limb who would DE
tho most considered.
The jew who. Tor $500 years mas
been tortured ana despiSed by tho
more powerful but not more Keen or
Intelligent races of Europe, has today
by the slow turning oil the wheel
come uppermost The descendants