The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-03-23

forced every man TO be- a blacksmith /
no matter IT the Lord intended hw 20 .
be- a lawyer or a doctor, OF preacher. /
or merchant
Then you remember the terrible TO-
DO there was when a 'cw hu,l Women
first ,uggc,tcd that woman had
night 10 her own property OF course.
ever body has always recognized 'ha'
q man has a right 10 whatever wuus,
he may have inherited or made aUf
that no matter how gcucrou, uc vas
or how much he loved another person.
hc wanted 20 cling TO his title deeds
'u have his houses and stocks and
. bond, IN his own name, and the prw-
logc OF managing his own That's only
natural and humane
there's something in the feel your
own pookc'hook that gives you an IN
ward glow Of independence Iha' i' about
the most ul-,allsiyug emotion on
/ earth and there IS more NORMAL sup
port IN the knowledge that you've got
your own mauey N the bank than there
. is 90 the ilrme,t moral principles, Ru,
women were supposed 10 be immune
10 this human characteristics II was
held that a wife enjoyed turning over
every cent OF her inheritance 30 her hu,-
band ON her wedding day, and bctom.
ing thereafter dependent upon III. hyun
", instead Of possessing her own
money TO DO with as she pleased
OF course, this theory DIDN'T have
any leg to stand on. Women desire fl.
nanclal independence just as aricuty
as men DO. II IS Just as necessary 10.
their scli-re,peCt that they have lt a
II !, for men, and vet It has taken year.
and years g. get laws passed that giNc
10 woman even some oi fhc prop.
crty that belongs 10 her.
The long drawn out battle Tor sui
tragc is nothing but woman'S fight p
be treated a. human beings m govern
, mcnlg Women form half the populatl.r
IN the world Probably they own hal
. Of the property ~ the world They Ger
tllnly have lust As much at stake lr
! every country as mrn have They a,
just as amcuabe to the laws Of th,
land as. men are There are nearly a
many college graduates among Momci
as there are among men, There ar
more girls that 60 through the mgl
school than there are boys The per
ccntage OF intelligence among womer
is equal tn that among men Their
are ten men conyicts to ono woman.
Yet in every civilized land men hav
a voice in making the laws that gov
80 thas,, AA'..V,r,, hat.. titt.
only in a few countries. 91hc man VIII
!. has not a dollars worth OF propcrt
can vote on all subjects Of taxation
he woman who owns millions OF dol
lars worth OF taxable property has n
vuiCc IN the matter The most iguo
rant and illitcrate man can vote tn
most highly educated and intclligcr
woman cannot The bes, and MOBILES
woman in the world is ClasSed polit'
\ cally with the most degraded man be
cause in politics a womdu is not r,
garded as a human being She's ncithe
fish flesh fowl nor good red hcrrnl
She has no place on earth and he
struggle ior tho ballo, is merely her ei
tort to put herself on the map
I A great deal Is said about the unrc'
Of women The whole sex IS declare
to be IN a icrment. II IS asserted tina
girls are no longer satisfied 10 he Ju'
society butterflies; that wives arc N
content to be merely wives and moth
erS, and the highhrows who discuss I'M
matter profess not 10 be able to under
stand this modern phenomena OF icmir
ism
l The explanation is as plain as a,
c. What We call the unrest oi womc
is simply the efforts they are maxim
to achieve the right 10 be human helms
i first and women afterwards. instead
being compelled TO be Just women al
II nothing else.
II Women want the right 10 devclt
their minds and bodies like ration
human beings instead oi being fore
into some silly and conventional lit,
pattern oi ieniniSm They want {,
rights OF a human being TO follow I,
bent ot their talents. They want I
human right TO earn money, the rig
TO he regarded as human beings IN g
eminent and. above all, they want TO
l treated by men as human beings Il
as slaves or playthngS, but as go
l comrades human beings like the m
themselves