The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-08-05
WOMAN, THE WORLD Is
WAITING FOR YOU
nv IIELLA II. KREnpIEL

class is being retarded today by the
Indifference and ofttimcs, the antag
onism OF the women OF the laboring
class. -
Mans evolution and growth to an
analytical, logical state of mind has
been slow process. He has expend
ed his greater time striking at effects
while he has tenaoiously defended the
institutions and conditions that pro
duced those undesirable effects.
He has not only denied the newt
able law of cause and effect, but has
presumed that he is greater than ma
ture--that he can establish social laws
that will set aside natural laws.
The female exercises the right of m
itiative throughout the animal king
dom, and she exercised this right In
human history down to the time when
her will and freedom were subjected
in behalf of property rights.
The subsection of woman was the
greatest mistake ever made by man
The propertied class has ruled both
church and state. and it naturally fol
lowed that church and state declared
In favor of woman's subsection, and
woman, through her material depend
ence and hypnotized mental state, be
came helpless, deficient, dependent
Instead of woman taking a negative
position, she should have taken the
initiative .in all things.
1t is woman who nurtures the race
into being, and 1t is this long period
of nutrition, that enables her to make
the race just what she is herself, and
a subject motherhood means sub
ject race. When women amount to
little, men amount to but little more.
A subject motherhood has filled our
world with war, crime, insanity and
imbecility. Instead of woman taking
negative position, she should take
the initiative and her talents should
be developed to their highest capacity
that she may transmit these powers
to posterity.
WOMAN LOST HER FREEDOM
AND HER INDIVIDUALITY WHEN
MAN ASSUMED ABSOLUTE PROP
ERTY CONTROL. AND SHE WILL
NEVER BE LIBERATED AND THE
RACE THROUGH HER, UNTIL SHE
AGAIN BECOMES INDUSTRIALLY
FREE AND INDEPENDENT.
Socialism is the first movement in
the worlds history that has admitted
woman's right to an economic indepen-
dence, and the first that has set forth
scientific method by which this
right might become practical reality.
There are millions Of women today
who are sold both inside and outside
the marriage state for homes and sup
port, but in their ignorance and help
Iessness they know not which way to
turn, and have given up in despair.
No movement can become a univer-
sal and permanent success until wom-
en- become imbued with it. Woman's
greatest duty is to woman, and every
one who has learned the message OF
Socialism to the human race should
be putting forth every possible effort
to carry this message to every woman
who is yet ignorant of it.
There is vital work to be done
among women by women. The Social
list women all over our land should
get into close touch and under bond
of need and sympathy should cooper
ate and inaugurate a campaign of edu-
cation that would sweep everything
with it.
Our women, backed by the locals,
should band themselves together in
all of our larger cities and carry our
literature to the women in bondage
everywhere. They should first be can
yassed with literature and be invited
to the local.
In a number of our towns our wom-
en- are holding parlor propaganda
meetings, taking up the studies of his
tory, economics, parliamentary law,
and such things. These meetings are
very beneficial, both in so far as gain
ing knowledge and giving practice in
propaganda and official work is con-
cerned. Neither men nor women Will
ever become active until given some
thing to do, until allowed an oppor-
tunity for individual expression.
We shall never have a permanent
society until every member of that
society is granted a full expression OF
his individuality. 1t is well for the
women of the locals to prepare every
alternate program for the locals, and
the children should be used on these
programs as much as possible.
There is great work in the Social
list movement that is especially wom-