The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-03-24


Aire Ida Crouch Haxiett. Rho WE
speak in Pensacola Thursday. Frida1
and Saturday al 80 Ia the afteruoo
and seven ~ tae evening on Socialism
wlli give you 3 very different lmpres
sion II socialism from thar which yna
now have-that = II sou have cou.
fused "a your own mind anarchy arc
Socialism 0f course sou have not.
however. n you are az ai informed.
for anarchy Is lgaiividuHllstie. while
Socialism IL. above aI things. co-
operative. At least. that "a what Mrs
Crouch haziett will tell you.
Mrs Hazlett 10 also suNraNist, and
~ her the san Antonio Express ~
Monday. Marca 3 1914, has 90 say:
Mrs. lda Crouch Haziett of Chicago,
club woman. college woman. newsra-
per woman. author. suffrage worker
and mother' Wouldn't Il be worth
whiae @ hear what she has % say on
the present feminist movement a
woman who for q number - years
Uas "a National organizer Of the Ma
tlonai womans' Suffrage Association.
worked by the side q Miss susan "
Anthony during her lifetime and later
with Or Anna shaw ard Mrs. Carria
Chapman Cett. Who assisted I'D the hrst
California campaign for suffrage and
helped bring equal suffrage 10 Colorado.
should be able to speak with authority
On the subject
Mrs. Crouch fiaElett q q large wo-
man. physically and mentally. with q
vivid. one might almost say yirile per-
sonality. who speaks with the convict
tion 81 the Well-ln6ormed
When confronted with the question
a. 70 her beliefs in the present feminist
movemsnt, Mrs. HaEIett was prompt
with her answer and smiled az tha
question
'The present problem concerning
women q an effect and came from
causes reaching far back into the dark
ages II hiEt0ry." she said The chang
( Ing economic conditions always have
tended % change the social structure
and the place OF women. IN the part
when the race was ensl3ved fhroug9
wars. the woman shared in the slavery
/ She became a chattei and the laws ~
/ she Nation regarded her as su h The
actual lawn deciding her status were
/ formulated 10 England. according to
blackstone. and the belief she was a
laws or New England. where woman
could not. after marriage. hold prnp-
erty. sue or be sued ~ manage her
business without ere consent II her
husband
THE invention Of steam power
driven machinery changed her status
Women were taken from their home
Into the factories along with the chill
dren and the men This change was
leEpeeially noticeable iu thc New World
New York state was the brFt 20 catnga
the laws s. as % enable woman
90 own her own property This aas
On is4S Prom that date the change
has been rapid. for woman has en-
tered both into the workinN and busI
ness world
"sixty years seo there were -four
businesses in which woman could
Iensage and retain fhe respect ~ the
eammunlty To-day sae D. engaged IA
carrying on more than SEQ Professions
and businesses.
t-rhe club and women movements lu
general have been the results - her
desire lo better the conditions undal
which she works Competition with
men in business haa been forced upon
her by economic causes
The suffrage moy emnnf simply g
the result ~ attempts to adjust hes
environment 60 her activities suaruRt
la necessary now for bots men and
Women--for the entire scheme of SO.
ciety. IN order % correct the sacia.
. and business abuses The purpose a
suffrage = 60 put power into ths
hands 81 woman by which she ear
help influence her surroundings and
better herself and her children
The mo0ted question " whether wo.
mans place is Ia the home - not YEAS
put 20 Mrs H0Aleft and she laughed
outright IN replying Els the p ..
q the stove IN the kitchen. "a Cool
with or la the parlor, to warm as
CROWNS serious Immediately. though
hut wffh = twinkle Of tolerant aFnnae.