The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-08

TlilI secret ambition OF every wom
an who has an inch OF backbone
and tablespoonful OF brains Is
to be regarded aS a regular human
being instead Of merely a woman
= She is tired Of being thought o' IN
terms OF millinery as doll who must
be continually dressed up or A. toy
to be played with. or as a clnging ynr
that has to be ptoppcd mp What she
ycarns for above all other earthly
things is TO drop the question OF her
sex. and to he considered and dealt
with as a fellow creature who has m
tclligcncc and reason and capabll,lN,
and who is thoroughly able to stand
alone on her two sturdy little feet
This desire that all women cherish IS
being realized now for the FIRST time by
class OF women who are being oiii-
olally recognized by their country not
as women, but rs regular human be
lngs For in the draft oi men 10 defend
their country those who have depend
cnt wives are excused from service,
but not the men who have married
women who have been self supporting
Thus does the government recognize the
woman who can take care of herself
as a citizen instead OF female.
In spite Of the sorrow and anxiety
that tore at her heart as she saw her
man 90, II must have been proud
moment for such woman to realize
| that she was no drag upon her husband.
/ keeping him tied down to his daily job
when his soul longed to be marching
away with those who are fighting the
! battle for the freedom OF the world
that she was no obstacle III the path OF
his duty and tha, she could give TO her
I country double gilt, for she could
/ give to it all that any woman can give
! and the work OF man besides,
When the government announced that
! the husbands OF all women who had
been self supporting would not be ex-
4 empted from service IN the army, IT
was as if the accolade OF knighthood
| had been laid on the shoulder Of every
woman who has ever stood behind the
counter, or manipulated typewriter,
/ or bent over a ledger, or followed any
trade Or profession by which she
earned hc, dali, bread Such women
we're cnrohlcd hy their work rccop
ni1ed ior all time as regular human
/ beings who could do their share OF the
worlds work. who could take their
place as comrades and fighters with
men instead of being helpless burdens
nn mems hands.
Certainly ,he need nj teaching every
o,,l SOM. wav mo which she can earn
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,y.r IN. du,IcU and mos, sho,t. sighted
na,.,,s could ,,;I ~ go. tho ;rno,,a,cc
of II Every dav we are seeing the
impos>ihlc happen. and the things that
,yr Thought could never take place
occur
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lila and manned Women arc brinp
widowed and children orphaned and
those who had fondly believed that the,
had strong men 10 protect them from
the bardshios Of lie suddenly find that
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,or ,bs u,s,,L. NJ men that war scrd,
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