The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-04-14
tice in men that can recognize
values in women's work.

Jus is so strong and so in demand
that she receives large compen-
sation. A prima-donna can coin
her voice into great fortunes, be
/ a prolific mother and manage a
large household. The working
woman eight million strong, is a
new note struck in the feminist
movement. This fact arousing
all women to sympathy for the
weak one industrially and NOR
ally.
1t should not reflect upor The
worth of husband and father be-
cause the wife wishes to amount
to something and develop
as God intended she should.
Then men are sick and absent
from work, why should childbear-
ing check a woman's ambition?
Babies grow UP, they are not ba-
bies always. Even if care of
home and a child or two does
take all a womans time, it should
not, and it does not. The world
has come into the home. Any
man will tell you strongly that
home is not enough, children are
not enough to fill a human beings
life, if that human being is to be
himself. Sometimes the burden
is lighter by work outside the
home sometimes the wife earns
more than the husband and is
able thus to raise the economic
security and advance of the fam
lily. Is there any reason for her
hiding her talents and depriving
them all of healthier and happier
conditions? This must be settled
by husband and wife, and all hon.
or then to the men and women
who live in the present what
others may attempt in the future.
Many college women have
gone into social service work and
there they have found the need
of the ballot. The whole field of
social legislation should be open
to women. Children need pro-
lection, prospective mothers must
mot be overtaxed by factory work.
Babies require pure milk, adults
need unadulterated food, streets
must be clean, water must be
pure, and the city fathers need
more careful watching. Men
have built the political house,
now the people must live in the
mansion, women must do the So
cial housekeeping. What social
progress women make, will de-
pend upon the way she assumes
the responsibility, and the intel.
ligent manner she operates. Man
having planned his career and
conferred his interests remains
comparatively Indifferent to wo
mans dilemma. The co-ordina'
ton therefore between woman
and her activities must be made
by the woman herself. The new
encyclopedia will change the
definition of woman since she
has become an individual, and nc
: longer will the definition read
Woman is female of man see
man.. In what fields of labol
can you limit the genius of Wo
men until women in general Shall
have equal opportunity with mer
for a number of generations? l
is impossible to touch upon a
| sides of this feminist movement
so the titles of some books ma,
: prove suggestive:
+ The Wornan's Citizens Librar,
t Smaller Mathews; Woman an,
] The Larger Citizenship, TIL
S Prevention of Social Waste
Smaller Mathews; Child Labo
D in America, Owen R. Lovejo,
e Juvenile Protection, Allen Hober
j State Care of Unfortunate, Tho.
: J. Riley; Safeguarding the In
n migrant, Frances S. Kellon; TIL
= Prevention of Vice, Walter
4 Sumner; The Spirit of Yout
y and the City Streets, Jane Adam
{ Social Diseases and Marriag
o DR.. Morrow: Newer Idols {
=, Peace, Jane Adams; Woma
If and Social Progress, Scott Nea
x ing; WOmans Part in Cover
S. ment, William Allen; Legal Al
IS Societies, Mrs. Vim. E. Baye
ot The Woman Citizen, A Woma
IA First of All, Margaret ]. Evan
S. Peace and Arbitration, Luc
S Ames Mead; Factory Inspectio
It Mrs. Florence Kelly Trade U
ionism for Women, Mrs. Ra
Of mond Robins. Then the perio