Arizona republican., 1915-07-11
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braver mood than those who wei

near Flagstaff, will place bronze
 tablet on a native boulder. in memory
 of The Pioneer Women of Arizona" | We know not whether Fate led many-or even one. over this parti-
 cular spot. We know this. and in | this knowledge rest content-that
 somewhere and sometime, the first women came with their own, over
 the trails of wonderful Arizona. It ! may have been as the bride of a dashing officer in an army post. It may have been as a worn mother 1 following the fortunes of miners i luck It may have been the hus
 bandman's companion who sought out ' the valleys and the water-course to ! build home. But think not so 1 light they go. they leave behind
 scarce one dim foot print on the
 grass She builded Kingdom The American clubwoman is the
 most potent factor in our hopes of so- eial reorganization says Miss Inez i Weed. special investigator of women and labor in recent interview in New i York;
 The biggest force for reform in the country today is the American club woman. Sine has been almost neglect 1 ed and Vet teach her to use that ridi- culed power her indirect influence. and she can force through any legislative body the measures that she wants"
 Miss meg Weed, former dean of women of the State University of Washington who left her position to spend herself | wholly on a survey of the conditions of women who work
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 ihdirect influence is to be prized above all other leverage. There is tremen- does waste of energy ip using it. but it should not be neglected among our list of resources"
 Mise Weed was the youngest wo-
 man dean in the country when she re- signed and came east to study the problem at Columbia University. not long ago. She has travelled north and south investigating the conditions un der which women, men and children are forced to work. She has made in Vestlgations for the commission on in- dustrial relations and is at present car rying on extensive work in study of inc psychological basis of violence. on which she is to make report to the commission And she finds that one of
 
 which still lie before us is the education of woman as a worker. Not only shorId every woman work but she should work professionally The average wo- man IS not professional worker. She remains in her position from three to rlVe years and regards it merely as T traEsitory employment before she mar rieS- Hence she takes any position which Is offered to her and does it in exactly the way she is told, without trying in the least to better the work or the conditions of employment.
 Ihls is the chief reason why labor IS Of greater menace to woman than to men She endeavors to get as much money as she can from the bit of work when she is doing. and therefo.e she Wcrks herself beyond capacity. Women must be organized. They must be un- ionized
 There are so many things which women should not be permitted to do ana which the law does not prohibit 'hat nothing but the interference of women will help the situation.
 " omen should see to it that women are not allowed to work in places where ]" requires manipulation of machinery when IS too heavy for them. This is | "ohe very much more than one sus- peets- And instead of building m | muscle as II might with men. tbis | oNere&ertion kills the women. They ara worn out within two or three years of | the tune when they have started thase labors ''''''e
 of course they should not work in p-dces where they are open to lead poiS"hIhg or other chemicals which nj eerlS IhJure their womanhood. In sorpa places the law prohibits this but no. m all Women work in manv naint factories, for example
 hu- the importance of vorner,s | easing to work where there is no m iue nervous strain has bear antirat, l U 'ii"erestlhnated. Women who are seat dt qulcKiy moving machines. espec- any sewing machines. are shaken to 'ie'es Dy the vibration and their nerves ire worn out The physical ruin tb,, 'oiheS rom the overstrafn of speedin. work Is tremendous.
 Women almost never. I sbo,,Id s,,. mould be allowed to work at riaca Nork- Men can stand it. but werner, women are more pliable and r. hey are more conscientious in mattors T that kind. Men react rnorcs bono,t 10 their feelings, and will not ,,,o,,. 1 ulcker than their systems can s+and ' put women always will try to finish l lore ana more in the given time ana hey Keep up the increase until tbe [ ' le'ihuo"n. And Of course each in rease IS useless, for a new standard a set, set Tor the others. and the wage de- raased to the new standard "a
 oiiiy nope for the working girl the union, for this will force em- q Ioyers to manage their establisbnar,s .ieh'iIicaH So far they have learned a .nSos" ,.5 eo manage their machinery in a @ oaern manner. But their employers lt ey nave mismanaged absurdIv to tha Il etriment of themselves and most of IT eir employees. Efficiency has not val o' zen hufnanized sufficiently to include m e human machine in it's scope
 And women are needed to effao. ir ls Women should superintendont rc omen, There should be foreladies. and oi sht through there should he von,an h'
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