Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-12-03
WOMEN Will GIT FAIR
SHOW ~ POLICE COURT


Washington. Dec. when women
have the vote. Mrs. Joseph r. Bowen
of Chicago told the National SUI
fraro convention today they viii give
membera 81 their own sex fair show
IN the police courts Mrs. Bowen
urged the need at women police wo-
men jurors and reform of the courts
and penal institutions Ca help women
and children.
From enc time OF thc arrest VI "a
woman" said Mrs. Bowen, TO the
final disposition of her case she IS
handicapped by being iu the charge
az and surrounded hy men. who nat
urally can not be expected go De as
sympathetic and understanding as one
Of her own sex lea the police station
she 81 at disadvantage for such
places 81 detention Ia most oi our
large cities are not ft for human
habitation. To- Chicago the major
Hy OF them are dark and unsanitar
The women are herdcd together. the
innocent with guilty. the clean with
the uncloan. tho young girl with the
dntions are Vile
when the woman appears for her
preliminary hearing she o. tousled
and untldy as the result OF being
without proper toilet accommOda-
tions and Is therefore apt "a create
an unfavorable impression Ina an
police stations separate rooms or cells
should bc provided. with plenty Of
light and air and sleeping and toilet
accommodations for the women
Mrs Bowen told Of what had been
done 10 meet this situation In Chicago
by the establishment OF the court 81
domestic relations and the morals
court The latter hears the cases of
women charged with improper CON
duct.
The percentage OF mental deficiency
is greater among women inmates of
correctional institutions she yaid.
than among the men "If women fall
aud commit crimes because Of this
mental deficiency % would seem more
than over necessary 90 have them exc
aminod by "a psychopathic expert and
committed 90 prisons but to
such reformutorics as Bedford. whose
scientific treatment and humane chr,
has made "a one Of the feW hopeful
spots in our wrctchcd prison system.
Mrs Bowen declared that Condi-
tloBs in the factories and stores that
employ women drove many Co "a iifc
ut shame
America" She snld "has every
reason to be- proud of Che virtu, ~
its working women who have goo
hraycly vlthsiood the many pitfalls
which industry and commercializcd
vice have spread for their unWary
feet Women, however. understand
more fully than De- men the physique
ana the spirit Of their own sex. Thoe
DO NOT want 10 Doe Obliged to face
the choice of life starved ot every
thing they consider worth while or
n llfo OF dishonor and may wr not
hope that when they have thf vote
they win realize through This sNwpn-
thoiic understanding the danger to
wage earning women and they win
then strive for less muguing and
shorter day and mlnimuu waFo
which viii put iu the hands 0f tho
working wumm very effective
weapon of defence
"The Juvenile court should Dc
equipped with "a physician who would
examine the ,h'ld carefully and Dr.
possible romody hls physical defects
DE should also hc examined by "a
psychologist who would study his
family history and ascertain how Tar
hls hcrediiy had influenced his ca.
roer. Ills nclehhorhood and home
environment should hc studied ana
changed II necessary, nnd trained
agents should Boz sent 90 study me