The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-24
DISCUSSES RI@l
Of VV0MENUAlI|
Attorney Shields EspI,l
Statutes Affecting e.
and Guardianship,
SUFFRAGE IS rAd
Speaker Thinks Eo,,,, (,
Successful; Concertss
ton First Ess.ut;,,|

That the club women -.
IN their study Of tho l,s.
the rights Of women ana .,.'
the state, was shown yosts,s.a
ovinccd at the ms.a
Civic club, at which n.
the legal status Of vom.S s'e
dover rights, and the oDs.a'
guardianship of their chils,ss
be discussed. The subject VA,
by Attorney Dan B. shisld. !.
matter brought ont a ysrv
amount Of discussion vhi.,s
that the subject was Ono :,
portance.
II certainly do favor , 4.
Outstanding az to property ~,
before marriage" saia NJ.
Even if it be necesss,. Ml
written business CONTRACT . S,!.
what are the rights in urors,a ~ Sai
ing at the time, or prons,,p r,,pa
qnlred later There is rg no ,e.s.
the women Of this state shouls =
the laws changed to a uuu mm.
reading in their favor. M.
been made by men for man
same laws arc today bcinv !.
do duty for women, when A.
the eases are not analogous. W!
trage, and especially with r"' @
help as lawmakers, our law
more nearly represent tEo IA
both sexes, and il women Iii 81
together and concentrate thsIy
on the best results, they can
right kind Of laws"
Guardianship Laws.
Mr.. Shields took up the ,,,
made by William Hard al tbs +
biennial convention that Utab -
living up to it's llehts in regard /
guardianship of children and a.
with the eminent speaker u,fs|
The special point at issue VI
Tard's statement that the sIli
Utah has no Joint gnardianAiu'
and that lie advocates such a
will work automatically to leaw
surviving parent q full euzrdtr
case OF the death Of the othsf.'
Shields held that such Law I
work a great injury where q I'd
been shown to be unfit for ihs /
dianship of his OWN children dun1
life Of his wife.
Status of Women.
The speaker took up the cols6l
of the state and went rather fult
the various laws OF affecting the
Of women. He showed ibs god
suits OF the law which provides \
woman can hold her own pfa
rights after marriage as II ll'
single, and also that her Own V'u|
is not liablo for the debts Of II
band, contracted without her q
Mr.. Shields held that despite u
that Utah has better law lhas
Of the states, the laws are far
satisfactory, especially whers DO /
estate Of a man may be psrscsll
erty, which can be willed away
out giving the wife a share dh
she may have aided in acquinll
property during life.
Women May Know Rights.
In the discussion which fdl
many questions were asked ne
ney, and the general concluaa
that there is little excuse today
woman being left in iguorsn:s
what her rights are under tna ~
HThere are revolutions going o.
in the matter Of law, altaoull
fundamentals may remain 'ne 2
said Mr.. Shields. owe are eve:
accepting laws which in pas
would not have been considers
sible. We all remember when ~
.ject Of woman suffrage vas y
but joke, and every funny
had its picture Of the woIng
voted, even at municipal o. scne''
tions. But woman'S suffrage ~
come n part Of the law of tho lAit
is daily becoming stronger In
and more Of a factor. I be!isve,
be an unqualified success II " y
oughlv understood that the won1