The Washington times., 1914-11-26
CAPITAL HAS FIELD
. FOR WOMAN WORKERS
Government Service Not Only
Way in Which They Can
Earn a Livelihood.

College women do not have 20 enter
the Government service or become
school teachers to make a profitable
livinc in WASHINGTON.
Taking issue with members of the
Association Of Collegiate ,.Alumnae. who
declared an ocCupatiOnal survey OF
NaSnlngton had been abandoned be
cause these were the only two voca-
uonS open TO col egC women here, bust
Eess anu professional women OF Wash
lnSton touay poia,ed out many other
opportunities that await the young
woman with college training.
Professions in this city which offer
greatest opporiuCity to college women
are medicine: dentistry, and law. Zen
years ago wU'Ga: CoctOr'' was looked
Hpon as new and special kind Of
freak. The latest city directory dis
cio$es tWcnty-ntre feminine ". D's
Many or these make specially of rbiI-
zen @ diseases. Some local mothers
now make II q pra actlce to call women
PHYSICIANS for their children believing
women can win the confidence and
ndst OF their little cnes soon than men.
Siany OF these came to Washington to
pa|'iTe from distant parts of the coun-
- Ihere are no colleges of medicine
mere open to women.
AohSA W DenllSlIy.
Dehustry is another paying branch
OF medicine. Though there are less
tfan FIVE women in Washington who
a"e actively practiciny tooth-puiling,
even THIS is encouraging to the pr0-
le~sionally-trajEed college women who
I-ther hesitate to be the pioneers of
any branch Of work. AS in III. case
.. o. INC women physicians, children aye
inc most enthusiastic patrons OF the
women who WELD the forccps
George Washington University ad-
mus women as students in its College
OF PHARMACY. This appears to be one
ProIeS"'ol IN Washington that is not
oNercroWced. Though the graduates Of
this college ara few in number. the
ma That positions as pharmacists a re
opened TO them nearly as readily as to
men.
Washington is the scene of some Of
the most notable efforts in the history
law. ''''iol III
The Washington College of Law is
an institution founded by woman to
flve opportunity for the study OF law
10 men and women on an equal basis. |
Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey. is honor
airy dean and founder of the COLLEGE
MISS Emma Gillett the present dean.
is another successful professional wom- |
an. MISS Gertrude Leonard of the same
institution said: |
We have a steady demand-a de-
niand we can not always fill to our |
satisfsction-for women to do work |
OF some sort connected with law. /
cannot say how well-paid these
cases are. but it is most encourag-
Ing that the demand does exist A
lew years ago women did not dare
10 start out IN business for them
selves Now a percentage of our
either by themselves or in the law
Nrms Of tn" city. Many of our
students work i'll the Government
departments during the day. They
usually hesltate about leaving their
present situations TO work I'd
practice for themselves.
aside from the professions. Washing-
Ton college women find Varlous other
Neli-Dald occupations leading away
from Governmental WORK In the pun
nc Library OF the District the mem
bers Of the apprentice course need 10
ne high school graduates only. while
lAe women dong library work of the
more skilled variety are for the most
part, graduates OF such schools as
summons College, OF Boston, and Pratt
institute. OF brooklyn. These Colleges
h!so nave courses ia Secrctarial work
"a comparatively new and extremely
popular occupation Tor women. The
business men and women of Washing
ION are hndlnS more and more definite
ly that the cClIeSe-traIned secrelary
can accomplish what she sets out to
the woman who has just picked up her
training in odd moments
The college settlements in Boston. New
ork, and Chicago are now training
certain number OF college women
each year as expert settlement work.
ers. THIS city has not many such posi-
pors open to women; where they do
exist college women hold them almost
invariably. The salaries paid are not
lsrg" 1T present, out since the WASH
.ngtCn settlements are still in their In
.ancy the pos tlOn OF paid soCia! eXLalt |
ma be said to be making itself neccs- |
sary 70 handle the Increasingly large
problems that confront the local settle
men:s I
FINALLY. there are opportunities tor
winch arc connected I'm some 'Tav with
tle nome. "a shlnGton women Who
h2lc Jocn sTa|u;>tt1 from the various
: hoois and nOilCc II doIl"si.c art | {
q" 1"i hGyC l. 0oC -: Do-Gi2n@ -,ar
! ON hoHc. There IS an Incveasllg de-
mand Tor women II,.n-d i'm domestic
science TO NIL positions aS HIpcriateuC-
eEts OF dict End CCCE-Iy IN hUsDltals:
netTOns IN various Ch:ritIslr Il..tIfU-
Tons. md oVerseerS OF domestic serv-
icc IN hotels and privat" schools In
tenor decoration Is on" -. the allied
'G:2"Sic 1'tE "@T h ems % pifcr
1cdl possibilities TO the women skH!ed
In il. So many OF "shiDgtOn !, lsi.g,
houses have to be rcdccOrdtcd TO suit
N" lucas Of the tenants VINO arc shift |
nS with C.angCS ~ admins ration no 9
! !D!o"&tc Corps nat such DO~ tors -
, IN more n~Cnt ,Ir h.re han n any /
Llher ",. = o. -ts sig - tno cOrl.t!=. |