Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-02-13
takes both men and women to make
an efficient people or any people at

takes both men and women to make
an efficient people or any people at
ALL"
Miss Kerstein Hesselgren has just
| been appointed inspector of Swedish
factories. She was formerly inspector
Iof the Stockholm schools of cookery,
Iand the object of her present appoint
ment is to improve the conditions OF
the women workers. Miss Hesselgren
is the first woman to occupy such a
| position in Sweden.
The San Francisco Post has the
following editorial on Those Oppos-
ed to Suffrage:-With the advance OF
the woman suffrage movement in the
United States the opposition becomes
more aggressive, despite the fact that
| it is decreasing numerically. Several
apparently well financed organiza-
tions are sending out reams of litera-
ture attempting to disparage the
movement. One of these, The Illinois
Association Opposed to Woman Suf-
frage,' has just favored us with some
of its literature, the burden of which
seems to be that equal suffrage is
forcing new duties upon the already
overburdened women of the United
States. The association insists that
the majority of the American women
are opposed to playing a part in po-
litical affairs. There is no disposition
to accuse the women of the associa-
ton of insincerity in this statement,
but it seems impossible to Californi-
ans-As for the arduousness of the
. political duties of the average citizen,
we fear the Illinois Association is
making mountains out of mole hills.
The average male citizen has never
been driven into fitsof nervous pros
tration because of the tax put upon
him by his duty as voter. It seems
ridiculous to presume that the moth
er, wife or daughter of the average
voter would be more overburdened
mentally by the duties of citizenship
than the man. 1t must be that these
ladies, because of their lack of ia
miliarity with politics, have an I'M
warranted awe of the duties of cleo
tors and office holders. This is one
reason why the association should be
for suffrage instead of opposed to it.
Political mysteries-if there be mys-
teries in politics affect both sexes.
Women should not be content to re-
gard political machinery as a puzzle
beyond the comprehension of their
SEX, We can assure Illinois not it is
not. Better still, we can give the as
surance of California suffragists, who
have had a brief but Illuminating ex-
perience. that the duties of citizen
ship are neither too difficult nor too
exacting for INTELLIGENT American
women"
The Indian woman as suffragette
may be represented in the Washing
| ton parade on March Bird. Mrs. Marie
L. B. Baldwin, a Chippewa connected
with the Indian Bureau, has been
asked to arrange float which would
portray the Indian woman exercising
the right of suffrage. Mrs. Baldwin
has been quoted as saying that the
Indian women have had suffrage, also
the power Of the recall, since time i'm
/ memorial Mrs. Knute Nelson, wife ol
Senator Nelson Of Minnesota, will
represent Norway in the parade. She
will wear Norwegian costume. Martha
Ullenden, associate editor of New
Yorkin Uutiset, will head the Finnish
women. The New York colony of
Films is very much interested in the
parade and is arranging to send many
delegates.
DR.. Anna Howard Shaw at Carnegie
Hall, New York, on Feb. 18th, will
explain the wonderful changes which
II equal suffrage has made-and is go
ling to make before 1920-in the mar
of the United States. The first mar
shown will be absolutely black. Then
two little gray specks will show the
beginning of school suffrage, The
first glow of dawn will come in the
West, beginning in Wyoming. The
whole western part of the United
States, including the Pacific Coast
will gradually be Illuminated with
the golden light Of victory. Succeed
ing maps will show the gold extending
in great floods of color after the cleo
tons Of 1913, 1914 and 1915, until al
THE beginning of 1920, only one little
black spot is left-namely, Vermont
where the constitution cannot be
amended except at a convention, and
where constitutional convention is
possible only once in ten years. The
United States at the end of 1920 vii
boast a cloudless map, all gold and
no black, with patriotic band of red
white and blue encircling it.
The California legislature now in
session will consider several bills Of
Importance ito women and minors
Amendments have been proposed to
the Eight Hour Law for women so as
to make it include canneries and com
mercial establishments; one bill pro
hibits children under twelve years OF
age from selling or vending goods OF
otherwise engaging in business; an
other provides for improved factory
inspection; a third for the inspection
and seontrol of labor and construction
camps, with special regard to SAM
tary conditions; and a fourth that the
Labor Bureau shall have power to en-
force all labor legislation. A Minimum
Wage Commission is proposed for the
purpose of investigating and report
ing upon the advisability of fixing a
minimum wage for women and min
ors. Mrs. N. Jolidon Croake has re-
Gently introduced a bill in the Wash
ington legislature proposing a mini
mum wage of $1.25 per day for work
ing women. Her bill includes women
working in offices, factories, stores
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