The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-23
What WILL HAPPEN
IF WOMEN STRIKE
campaign Committee Presents
statistics on Work Out
side Of the Home.
REPLY TO POLITICIANS

~. rmpire state campaign commit
"a. a, another move in dts campaign
.~,,nst the an~ti-suffrage argument that
,oman,s place is in tho home. has pre-
,s,.a statistics showing the part that
x,msn plays In the industrial and agri-
cultural life of the nation, and indicat-
INF the effect OF the proposed day
.,r,ks. n carried through. This contem-
,,,,ss the staying at home Of every
roman in the country for a single day.
The movement, although II has been
,,d.r consideration for some time. vas
nrciptated by the publication in THE
SIX a week ago OF the result OF a can
yas Of the local politicians on the
roman suffrage amendment. A ma
,crty OF those who opposed II did so
on the ground that oma belonged In
N, home The statistics assembled are
presented here. They are placed In the
mouth Of The Woman who speaks.
-1f | go 10 my home" she avs
with me must go the 5000. 900 and
more Of my kind who have no home in
MS free land except as they earn Il.
I, We go, do o know what will hap
- W.
pen
More than o~ne-seventh of all the
agricultural work an the country must
cease. As woman. ] am 20 per cent.
~ the farm labor of the country.
am IS per cent. of those who labor on
home farms. | am nearly one-sixth OF
those who work in dairy farms. Who will
raise even your raw food for you II
20 TO my place In the home?
Twice out OF every three times I
an the one who gives YOU every per-
s1nal and domestic service. E~ighty-three
times out Of every 100 I prepare your
icod and clean your house and wash
your clothes and look out for your daily
wants And | go out of my own home
10 do Il.
almost one-sixth OF all the manufac-
turing and mechanical work of the coun-
ny must cease when / go back to my
home.
~ make almost all the clothes made
BY hand that your wives and your chill
dren wear.
Inside the factories I make 80 As
per cent. Of your hats and suits and
~overalls,
q make 80 per cent. of the shoes
YOU wear.
a am your tailor one time out of
every FIVE
Il spin SO la per cent. Of your cotton,
silk and wool.
81 weave As 4-5 per cent. of your tex
t1oI
II make AN per cent. Of the cleo
t'cal supplies o use for your hourly
comfort.
81 make more than ~ per cent. OF the
cigars YOU smoke.
II | stop worI. you cannot ever
read Tor ! do more work than man in
me printing and publishing trades
In the great iron and steel ndus-
Tres, Tor every 1000 men that 60 forth
% their days work. sixty-two women
march at their sides.
II the chemical industries l do
NJ per cent. OF the work.
u am more than one-tenth OF the
workers In clay and glass and stone.
Y work in blast furnaces and metal
rorks.
More than 90 times out OF every 100
! answer your telephone calls.
Eleven times out OF every seventy 7
~nd your kilograms.
= sell more than one-fourth Of the
goods you make.
When ! 90 into my home, your chill
c~n must also go to theirs or to tn.
streets, for the doors of all schools w,Il
cose Eight times out OF every ten
l an your children's teacher.
your theatres and entertainments
Nould cease as II the plague had blighted
your cities. for I am ~ per cent. OF
me class that amuses you"