Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-04-12
Expression II I2in;> r De-
nocracv IF Woman l-l W.
Work Adop


al I recent Meeting o. Ire -sa
81 American Eenvome2, - via
there are several AnnapC
aanbura. a sCr.ea of rezr-- oLs T2
o-ered Tor consideration. by Mrs. VIZ.
Atherton DuPuy Chairman u. t'-l.-a-
i.v ior the war Service work of thc
League of American PcnWo len
%sne~.ng an expression OF opinion
or the democgacy OF women IN wa
work to be timely, vital and neces-
sar- the soiutions We're unanimo4-
" adopted.
The resolutions which may he con
sidered this time by any local or
ganizaJion of women, including the
Civic League, Mothers Circle and
| others. follow:
Whereas, the woman power OF the
nation is a vast resource as yet almost
Unused in the worlds greatest battle
against autocracy, and
Whereas. the contribution of hus-
| bands. sons and brothers, the sacritl-
| ces necessitated in the homes of the
nation, the suffering from loss of Gus
tomary support, because of war. are
most felt by women, and
Whereas, war agencies created in
these times of stress bear with partic-
ular force upon every day lives Of
women, and
Whereas, woman is quite made
quately represented in the war ad-
| ministration and the industrial mech
anism that has been built up, and
Whereas, woman has proven that
she has the actual equipment, the eX-
| ecutive ability and the physical STAN
| ina to- work beside man in all lines Of
activity. and
Whereas, the women of the Allied
| nations have been bearing their trgaic
burdens for nearly four years, have
denied themselves food, have worked
| at the edust of labor, have substitU-
ted for men wherever they might re-
! lease a fighter, and
Whereas, the impression received
| through reports from Europe and
! from missions of the various Allied
| nations, is that the women of Amer
| lea are not doing their full share,
which reports are humiliating to the
women of the United States and not
due TO a position assumed through
| their own choosing, since from the be-
| ginning of the war they have volunteer
ed for all manner of work from farm
labor to nursing under she'll fire,
from the most mental task to that of
the highest positions of responsible
ity, therefore
Be it resolved, that we, the mem
bers of the National League of Pen
Women, who through our work have
our fingers upon the pulse of the ma
| ton, and although appreciative of the
| opportunities for usefulness that has
| been given a very small minority, ear
nestly request that women be given a
wider opportunity for participation
in the great battle for humanity, that
| they be given more of the work in war
production, that they be allowed to
take the places Of more men who
| might be fighting, that they be
given wider opportunity in the ad-
| ministrative affairs of nation at
war particularly those affairs that
are reflected in every home, and
BE it further resolved, that this par
ticipation in war activity by women
be not as an element of administra-
ton, segregated and set aside through
"woman's sections" of various organ
izations, but that woman be given her
right to work side by side with man
| on that basis of equal responsibility
opportunity and pay which is in ac-
cord with her patriotic fervor in the
| present great cause and her earnest
/ desire to see the war fought to q
| speedy and successful end
Note-These resolutions have been
! submitted to the National Council oil
| Defense for action by that body.