The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-13
NEWS OF CLUBS
 FASHIONS SHOPPERS GUIDE
MEN AND WOMEN
 ANSWER QUESTION
AS to What Kind of a Democracy We Will
 Have.

Feminism. the ever interesting ever fascinating topic for discussion, brought a large audience to the open community forum of the United church last night. 10 hear Miss Mary k. Woolley, president of Mt. HolyOke college, talk on the subject She spoke of the four great feminine movements, educational, industrial, political and social, and outlined each one briefly. As a result of the struggle of women since the earliest centuries, to be recognized on equal mental equality with men in both society and home, Miss Woolley stated that the women of today have learned the lessons of the women Of yesterday, and that the significance of the movement today complies the earnest combined efforts of men and women in thoughts, morals and in- terest in political and social ques- lions
 The great, innermost question Of today. What kind of democracy are we going to have?' will and must be answered by the men and women together" declared Miss woolley.
 ''Feminism is often mentioned as If 1t were an entirely new movement, but the doctrine of the mental and social equality of women with men te by no means a new conception" continued Miss Woolley, "Feminism has presented various aspects often emphasized according to the interest of the individual. and slnguIarlg. ex- tolled or condemned according to ArJ education of women is a feministio movement, the natural expression of fundamental principle. that is, 1 that woman being first of all human beings, even before they are femin- inc, have a share in the inalena ble rights of human beings to self gov ernment Women were not lacking in the desire for knowledge or the instinct of curiosity
 The woman movement in its po- i 1itical phase has made such extra ordinary progress within the last few years and is so widely understood to- day, that 1t seems hardly necessary to dwell upon it," stated Miss Wool ley, when discussing the political movement. Thirteen years ago this coming month there was held in Baltimore in connection with the National American Woman Suffrage i Association q college evening espec- i ially In honor of Susan B. Anthony
 and her approaching S6th which
 proved her last birthday. Sixty six
 years ago Miss Anthony stood for | half an hour in State Teachers convention in Rochester N. Y, two thirds of the members being women
 while the men present debated whether she should be heard"
 Considering the movement in its relation to work done. it is much broader than relation to the labor movement as we commonly under and it. Womens right to work has been well defined as an opportunity for that work which one prefers and for which one is best fitted Ii is of
 ten forgotten in criticizing the wom- ans entrance into the industrial field that the great material industries were originally in the home and that in taking them from the home one of the three things logically resulted: :: First, women followed her work into public industries; or second, looked for new fields of endeavor; or third.
 acquired the restlessness which is the inevitable companion of idleness"
 Socially the feministtc movement
 means the raising of the lowest mas
 culine standards to highest feminine
 standards. This movement is pure fly for a higher and purer social state" |"
 After this very interesting talk, an
 open discussion was held and mem
 bers of the audience were privileged
 to ask questions and Miss Woolley Very oughtfully answered them.