The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-02-08
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THE WOMEN 0E
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PLACE Ol' MEN
ny Associated Press

Vienna Feb. s. lud ihc Joint
auspices Of the Ausiro lungaran min
isiiy 81 war and the Austrian vomen's
organizations the womcn Of lustrIa
afe about TO be nduatriany mobi
i.ed The undcrtakng Is ihe result
fHNtly ol the WORK Austrian women
have donr since the war and secondly
o' number OF conference Austrian
feminist leaders and club women hay,
had With the minister ol war aud mis-
.allos Il Is proposed TO enlarge ns far
as possible the industrial and com
.mlCial fields ia which women are
.neN active and To add new branches
IN which they may become so. thc
purpose of the movement being TO hb
orat, for military service all men
nlose places can BE- filled by women
at' to give more Of ihcm an oppor
.ui ity to increase their incomes.
The attitude of the Austrian govern
menl In the matter was explained in
.a statement given TO the press: "rhe
front is at present the domain of
every able-bodicd man says !he AN
rotncemcni "whilo he woman work
ing for the army is the soldier at
home 1t is then pointed out that
every woman who works in pro
dN,liyc capacity assists the army
firstly by releasing some man 10 do
military duty. secondly by Keeping the
economic machinery Of the country in
motion without which the men at the
front would fare badly.
Thousands Of Austrian women are
already doing work which men former
ly did Indeed in the branches in
witch they are employed are many
Which formerly admitted no women
The street car conductrosses have
lecn success from the start as have
aisu the female postal employees, In
Guiding the women drivers and chauf
fcdrs of mail vohicles. ON the rail
rei ds they have also been very sue
ccssiul, especially as telegraph opera
tcrs. ticket agents, and freight depart
HcLt officials Most of the clerical
utr, of the various governments is
ue done hy women Firms whose
aly employees were called 10 the
nnlors have been obliged to replace
taosc by women In the ammunition
factories thousands Of women are said
ta b, doing excellent work In plant
visited some time ago by he Associat-
"a Press correspondent the female
employees formed over sixty per cent
of the eaDre staff. even the heavy
laihos on which the large shells were
leug tuned were manipulated by
women A f6H Junos were handling
huec ladles with molten steel like
kitchen spoon Women already work
ia nucs. mills. factories generally.
wholesale and retail houses, and this
years generous crop was largely
raised by Them
one of due special aims of The pres
enl movement is to train women for
executive work. SO that the men on.
eared in his may become available
for duty as officers
i feature of the scheme is to pro
vide halliday work for women whose
family ties would make that welcome.
IN ihe morning mothers will attend
to their households and children, and
So be free 10 work in the afternoon
from five TO six hours. To care for
tha children in the absence of the
molhers special nurseries and kinder
gariens will be established Some OF
the vomens organizations favor the
pan thai elderly women take the
chlaren of heir working ncighbors
into their homes
The program FOR the undertaking is
rev beine worked ont by representa-