Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-06-06
Facts, FadS and FanCieS
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not women VIII continue To be an
important factor I'm industrial and
commercial ufe
I'm 1850 pnIy 14.T pcr cent II the
females 10 wears of age and over were
engaged i'm gaiuful OCCUPATIONS, where
AS i'm lglO l34 per cent were So rccu-
picd The in,rcas, of males 10 wears
of aec and over engaged i'm rainful
Ccrupatious during this period was
upI, D .G pcr cent
The rry has gone up that the
women have entered Industrial and
business Ufa and are driving ont the
mon Exactly Inc rpDcsite is true
Women hly. NOT llyyays worried in
factories hut hal, i'm inc earliest days
tho, did much of the work which the
mon are no,.. dong Tho women for
urrI,- did IN. spinning the Wca\ ing.
tho sewing. tha kuiung-thcv cooked.
and hrewad. ana cleaned. and por-
formed the other duties Of the domcs-
fla servant Today men taflors make
thousands of women suits. mon dress
makers and aycn milIiucrs are come.
mon make our bread and brew our
ale and do much of the work for the
stn1u laundry whore our clothes arc
cleaned Non also have learned to
clean Olr houScs Nv the vacuum prOr-
css So mat if isn't altogether faIr TO
insist that women have bceu croVdfng
mon ont of Industrial life.
Tho history of women I'm industry
in fine United States is tho story of a
proaf Industrial roaliustment They
win NOT be Kent i'm tho home No
doubt many of them should remain
there int large numbers must and
probably should. become wagc-earn-
crs no become such il often ono OF
the chief methods for the develop
men, of scIf-rcIiance and character.
Even factory life is not always what
its opponents declare il to be. on
pcneril principles, it may be said that
he Girl who works in tie factory has
as fine a character as her sister who
is an idIer i'm hcr home or even she
who is engaged ir some other form
Of work
What is il that develops character?
II is the necessity of doing ones daily
v-orI, i'm spita of headache and heart
a,he-of being compelled to face
problems ana to solve them. TO meet
Cifriultics and conquer them And
who does more Of this than the
woman who IS compelled to work for
her livinC2
Carroll u Wright. in his book en-
titled some Ethical Phases Of the
La II. AZ
the factory as an element i'm civill2a-
ton. In this chapter DR. Wright ar
guas that instead of being detcrior-
fting influence upon operatives, as
we'll as upon the population surround
ing IT, the factory has resulted in rails
ing moral and ethical standards Tn
d1ubtedlv the factory has been bone-
fetal i'm purely economic sense. Or.
Wright calls attention to the high
standard OF the Lowell factory girls
when they were composed Of the
American tvDc-d1ughter Of New
ENGLAND farmers These girls, through
economic Influences. were forced out
of the factory. but they were not
forced downward in the scale Of life.
They were crowded out but MP into
lighcr callings They became the
wives of foremcn and euporintendcnts,
teachers i'm the common schools, clerks
i'm stores and counting-rOOns. Tie
women who came i'm TO take their
places were very largely Irish girls
fresh and raw Immigrants from the
poorer and less developed localities of
ireland Taking the places Of the
English and American girls in the
eastern factories. they soon began to
improve their condition. and the re-
suit was they. in turn. were crowded
out bv another nationality. But the
Irish girl did not rCtrOgrade She
rr,grrsscd as had hor predecessor,
and enlisted i'm higher occupations.
Next came a great body Of French