The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1919-08-29
women DEMAND
WARS SHALL END
Peace League Means More to
Them Than II Can Mean
to Men.
Or. sHAw's STIRRING PLEA.

ny the Late Or. Anna Howard Shawl
Seven million one hundred thousand
men who had laid down their lives In
the great war. Think OF 1t! Seven
million, one hundred thousand young
men had died on the field Of battle!
What does that mean to the women
Of the world7 1t means that seven
million one hundred thousand women
walked day by day with their faces
toward an open grave that, they might
give life to son. 1t means that
seven million one hundred thousand
little children lay In the arms Of
mother whose love had made them
they might become the mothers Of
men.
1t means that year after year these
women had put up their lives into the
lives Of their sons until they had rear
ed them to be men. For what7 In
the hope that these sons Of theirs could
give to the world the things for which
women dream, the things for which
women hope and pray and long. These
were the things that the women had
In their hearts when they gave birth
to their sons.
But who can estimate the value Of
seven million one hundred thousand
dead sons Of the women Of the world 7
Who. can estimate the price which the
women have paid for this war; what
It has cost them. not only In the death
Of their sons, because that Is q phase
Of our war to which we look.
The Courage Of Women.
We hear our orators tell us of the
courage Of our men. How they went
across the sea. Very few OF them re-
member to tell MS Of tho courage Of
our women, who also went across this
sea; OF the women who died nursing
the sick and wounded, the women
who died in the hospitals, where the
terrible bombs came and drove them
almost to madness. They tell VI
nothing Of the forty thousand English
women who went 70 work back Of the
trenches In France.
They tell us nothing OF the thou
sands upon thousands upon thousands
Of women who not only toiled and
worked and shaved In order that the
war might be successful, but we dc
not hear OF the thousands OF women
not alone In Armenia, not alone IL
Montenegro, not alone In Serbia, but
In Flanders, In Belgium, In llumania
| In Russin-the thousands Of womeI
who lie In graves today. murdered
80 horribly murdered that men dar,
not speak OF 1t.
| And yet we women are asked wha
we know about the League OF Ma
tons; asked what we can understand
about League of Nations. Oh men
| the horrible deaths; the horrible live
Of thousands upon thousands OF wo
men today In all these nations, VIII
| must live, and who must look In tn
faces OF children unwecomed, unde
sired---of little children--and knov
that these are the result OF war.
And then ask women why the,
should be interested In n league o
peace7
| WoWSU 0uVSV 0Vot Vto'U VAt.
Ii there Is any body of citizens Il
the world who ought TO be interests
In league 70 ultimately bring to tn
world peace II Is the mothers OF mei
and the women who suffered Ms onl
women can suffer In the war and i
devastated countries.
And We call upon them. We wome
OF the world call upon the men VIII
have been fighting all these battles G
the years, the men who have lie
armies, and led armies close to thel
deaths.
We are now calling upon the me
OF the world to In some way or Al
other find q passage out OF the sea {
death. We are asking them to fori
league which will bring hope to tn
women OF the future. II women ar
to bear sous only that they may di'
II women may not have hop
and aspirations for their children
II women may not dream the dream
that have in them the hope OF tn
highest civilizations. the highcW NOR,
en.. -i.;iiiual life of the people-if ",
men may not have these In the
hearts as the mothers Of men, the
women will cease to desire to be ri
mothers uf men. And why shoul
they noi7 Why should they notf