El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-05
Women Active In Business
SUCCESS of Women in Commercial
Lines Demonstrate Their
Varied Talents
- lE Eredle eric J. Hnslzin -
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q = ASHINGTON. 2. c., April s.


M Into every known branch Of
commercial activity some
woman has now ventured with more or
less success. The increasing number
of women directing large business In
terests is a demonstration Of the var
led talents possessed by the business
woman of today. The woman who mas
kept in touch with her HUSBAND IN
terests frequently shows herself quite
ready to manage them once the re-
spOnsibility devOlves upon her-
The only woman member Of the Ma
tiOnal Association Of Manufacturers CT
America is Mrs. Clark Fisher of Iren-
ton, who is now at the head OF a large
iron works. Mrs. Fisher and nSF
husband were in 2 railroad accident III
1908 in which he was killed and she
was partially paralyzed Tor months-
Instead of turning over the business
TO a managed. she directed II herself,
even before she was able to leave her
room and for months she went 20 the
office upon crutches and STUDIED
every detail of the business organ
izatiOn.
Women rs Bankers.
The banking business has attracted
many women since the time Wnen
pretty Ida SaXtOn first smiled upon
William Mckinley through the cash
ier's window of her fathers bank In
Kansas no less than $50 women are
holding positions in banks. This num-
Der includes four bank presidents -
vice-presidents, 80 cashiers ana zvu
directors. Regarding their reliability
an officer in the state banking com
mission recently stated that no woman
employed in any capacity IN a Dank IN
Kansas, ever had been charged win
any kind Of breach OF trust MISS
Ina Shepherd Of Birmingham. Ala
bama is credited with being the 1lrsJ
woman to have charge OF clearing
house. Miss Shepherd for several
raf no n
ingham Clearing House assoclatluh
and each month the clearings IRON
eaght banks. amounting to from $lV'-
0OO 900 to $15.OOO,0OO pass through heT
Riddle, OF Austin, Texas. IS engage1
as a banking expert and is one OF the
editors of the Texas Bank Record
Active In Railroad " Ork.
Women are also winning their way
in railroad circles. as has been dem
Onstrated by the appointment or MISS
Daisy ogden as district passenger
agent of the Chicago. Burlington ana
Quincy railroad. Miss Ogden has
Headquarters in Chicago and IS said 70
be the only woman in the world 10
hold such a position with DIG ran
road. Miss Ogden began win a sIIlaH
clerical position in railroad once
and has been advanced because CT
Ter exceptional grasp Of the business
details connected with the WORK.
Many other women occupy poSluons o.
responsibility in railroad OIIlces-
sitions which could be filled only Dy
persons having an understanding OF
BuyerS Tor Big stores.
Nearly quarters Of million
women are employed in the great BUS
mess enterprises Of this country and
for each OF them the opportunity 10
advance is greater than before some
other woman had blaZed the trail some
great commercial establishments no F"
than men ana despite much ADVERSE
criticism, which may be partlaily nleI-
tied. many employers cOnslueE lii9AA
services Indispensable to the success
Of the business Nearly p per cent
Of the selling force in American ous-
mess is made up of women and, WINE
in most cases they are ming the less
important positions, the larger SUI =
annually show an increasing nuInOeE
of salesgarIs rising TO the rank u
buyers OF heads of departments
100000 Girl StenOEraphers.
The invention OF the typewriter ana
the concurrent deVeiOpIHelll l' u ne 80
nnand for stenOgraphers, brought INTO
the business world a great army 81
women According to census report
nearly 100, 900 women are employed IN
the United states as .stenographers
and typeWriters and this IS one 81
the few important occupations, II
point of numbers. open to women
which requires technical training III
addition to a good general education
of the female breadWinners over 10
years OF age, IS in every 1000 were
stenographers in 1900 in comparison
with one in every 1000 men breadWln-
ners. The largest number OF stenOg-
ranhers are to be found in New YORK
and Illinois because Of the great COM
rrercoial centers contained IN these
Chances for Advancement.
One of the special Irregularities noted
a. in ri of
women in this branch Of business ac-
tivity is that they are more 1requen--
y unmarried than women IN any ot-i-t
class of wage earners. 10 out OF every
20 being unmarried The woman stem
Ographer has more opportunities Tor
advancement than she has in most otn-
er professions because Of the knoWl-
edge she frequently acquires IN con-
nectiOn with her work
Not all OF them, however. are cap
able of utilizing this advantage quite
so we'll as did Miss Amy Byrum OF
Oklahoma City, who. while stenoSra-
pher in a real estate oftlce, aosorDeo
a sufficient knowledge of values TO
enable her TO invest her own savings
and subsequently. to open an oItlce
of her own in which her real estate
transactions realized for her $4,000 in
business Women in Demand.
While a number of classes OF Dusl-
ness houses are closing their doors %
women. there never was q time q
greater demand and opportunity for
the earnest and well-Qualified bust
ness woman. The opportunities for Sc
curing increased business training
are opening up rapidly even to the girl
who already is obliged to earn her
own living. One OF the charges made
against women in the business world
is that they have not been fully com
petent in many cases for the respou-
sibnities they assume. but they are
awakening to the fact that they must
give earnest. careful attention II they
are to win success. and often the need
OF additional qualification is felt An
organization in Boston known as the
Woman's Social Union has for Us
chief object instruction for girls, es-
pecially those who already are en-
Eaged in the business world
Solve business Problems
Nearly half a million women in TINS
country are engaged in business upon
their own responsibility. In Pennsyl-
vania a woman has a large general
store which supplies most of the needs
of the community and in addition IS
the manager Of a coal and lumber
business which was established upon
rather an uncertain footing at the
time Of her husbands death This
woman had had no commercial ira n
ing and. as the mother of five child
ren, no opportunity for acquiring any,
but she set valiantly to work and,