The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-06-12
W, VA,
PAPER FOR WOMEN
CHARLESTON GAZETTE IN GREAT
EDITORIAL SOUNDS BATTLE
CRY FOR SUFFRAGE.

The Charleston Gazette la one Of
tho leading Democratic papers of
West Virginia. Its editorials are care.
fully written and have much weight
with large constituency. The follow.
ing editorial appeared In the columns
Of the Gazette:
There comes to tho editorial desk
copy OF The RemonBtrauce, peri.
Odical published in Boston opposed to
the further extension OF suffrage to
women. accompanied by a letter In.
wiling our attention to the paper and
stating that The Remonstrance' would
be glad to receive copy of our paper
containing any reference to the aforo.
said periodical. We shall certainly
take pleasure in sending copy con.
tanning our reference
I'm the FIRST place We wish to hum.
bly, state that in our opinion tho sew.
enteen thousand women of the 'asso.
ciRtion' should have lived in an ago
when women-often with IN infant
strapped to her back-plowed the
ground with crooked stick: they
should have lived In that age when
women were considered mainly aa
beast Of burden: when women were not
allowed to eht at the table with tho
men Of tho household. They should
have lived during the period when
women were not allowed to sit in the
temple with the men, but were as
signed to loft or gallery, which was
later given to the black slaves. They
should know something about that
age when women flrst began the heart
breaking struggle for education.
DO you know. o Seventeen Thou.
sand Women Of the achusetts As.
ISOLATION Opposed to the Further Elk.
tension Of Suffrage to Women, that II
your mothers and grandmothers had
not fought the fight for women's edu.
cation that you would not now be pub.
fishing newspaper? You would prob.
ably not be able to read one. There
was time when women were not al.
lowed to read; when they were not al.
lowed to address the male members OF
their households. but must wait In
humble silence until they were spoken
to. And we say 1t with all due regard
for the good intention OF the 'associa.
ton that no credit is due your type
Of woman that the sex is not now
dwelling In a state OF ignorance and
servitude.
What has all this to do with equal
misunderstanding. Suffrage ia
just one step in tho march OF female
progress. When women gained recog.
milton as an intelligent member Of the
home and was allowed to eat at the
table, she took her first step in proE.
ress. The right TO education. her on.
trance into the active work OF church.
of educational institutions, and later
her advent in the business world
these have been milestones along the
way, and the next stone will be in.
scribed Woman Suffrage The equal
suffrage movement is not an accident:
It is not a crazy scheme evolved BY |
any one sect or class Of women. II Is
the natural result of all that women
have been and achieved down to the
present day.
Did 1t make women less womanly
to sit at her husbands dinner table?
Did II make her less womanly to be.
come an intelligent and enlightened
cOmFade Of man? Did she lose any o,
her womanly qualities when she be.
came mans helpmate in church and
schools Did she become less woman,
ly when she entered the business
world. and from It's experiences coined
the gold Of toreetul. resourcetul. indie,
pendent ehAFActeri
Does Il make woman lesS womanly
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