El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-08
WOman's Duty to Woman
Il Is Growing Higher and Better
Every Dny-Helping Hand IS
often Outstretehed-
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By Dorothy DI1 :


~ NE OF the most interesting and
significant features of the
- whole feminist movement is the
altered point of view with Wnlcn
women regard each other II mas .-- NJ.
only brought the women OF every
rank and station together, put II AdS
taught them to stand togetner-
You see this eXemplfied In the way
in which rich and fashionable women
and women college professors, ana
college graduates have rallied 70 the
assistance Of the striking garment
workers in their fight for lYlnS
wage and decent working conditions
You see If in the fact that every
movement that has for It's aim the
safeguarding Of girls the snortenln5
of working hours for women, OF 1Of
the welfare Of women IN any way IN
Variably has a solid backing Of the
best women in every community.
You see it in the way IN Whlch
every woman vino has succeeded IN
any business or profession tries 10
help every other woman who IS
starting forth to begin her own bat
tie with the world.
Women know now that woman s
best friend is woman and LnaL
she's the only one who never expects
to be paid back for her kindness
The old days when every woman was
suspicious OF every otner woman, ana
lney were at eacn others InrOe-ls
like tigresses have gone, merged IN
the dawn of a better era that is
sweet with the sisterhOOd Of woman.
OF course, being human, there IS
bound to be a certain amount of sell
fishness, and rivalry and jealousy
The star actress has not reached the
millennium in which she steps aside
and gives the spotlight to the debus
tante; the woman who is at the head
of a department does not yield her
position and fat salary to new
conner without a struggle, nor does
affinity without a protest, any more
than men do any OF these things put
there is more fair and honest rivalry
between women than there used to be,
and a keener realization of other
WOmen's rights
A most interesting illustration Of
this changed point of view Of women,
and of their new realization of their
sisterhOOd has just come to me in
letter from a young girl Of Is she
writes that she is deeply In love with
a man, to whom she is engaged 20
be married She has recently found
out, however, that this man mas
WrOnged a young girl and, putting
aside her own feelings, she has been
urging him TO make what amends he
can by marrying the other woman
Is not this an illustration Of the
new nobility OF WomanhOod!
Yet the writer has no notion that
she is an idealist or an altruist. She
is Just a plain working girl without
very much education, who sees clearly
her duty TO her sister woman, and
unconsciously realizes that women
must fight each others battles,
shoulder to shoulder, when they face
a common enemy
Ten years ago no woman would
have written such a. letter, no girl
would have taken such a position.
I think that the act Of this little
working girl who tells the man she
loves to 90 and marry another WO-
man because the other WOman's claim
upon him is greater than hers, is
worthy OF a place beside that I'm
mortal legend
Tt is a beautiful example Of the
chiva1ry Of woman to woman. and
that is something that IS new in the
history Of the world