The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-05-19
WOMEN DISTURBED BECAUSE so
FEw OF THEIR SEX HAVE
BEEN GIVEN FEDERAL JOBS.
THINK HARrING TOO SLOW
Miss Boardman Has Been Replaced
by Man, and Miss Annette Adams
Isn't Likely to Be Succeeded by q
Woman.
BY EDWARD q. CLARK.

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are somewhat disturbed because so
few representatives of their sex thus
far have been given recognition by the
incoming administration. It may be
| that places for the women will be
| found in great numbers in the future,
but 1t is known definitely by word of
mouth that some of those voters who
| recently came into their own as such
are not altogether happy over the pres
ent condition.
Administrative history to some ex-
tent is repeating itself in this matter.
1t was not until the Roosevelt admin
lstration that wOmankind began to be
recognized as a possible official force
OF government. Women had held of.
nee, and were holding Office, at that
time, but the greater positions still
were denied them.
President Roosevelt appointed some
women to Office. President Taft ap-
pointed more, and President Wilson
more yet. It may be that President
Harding will go Mr.. Wilson still better
and do all that the women want him to
do in the way Of recognizing their
ability to do things in government
life. At present President Harding
seems to be a little backward in put.
ting the women forward, but there
are friends of the administration who
say that this condition soon will pass.
The women are anxious to work
for the government, but itcan be said
for good many Of them that they do
not appear as anxious as the meh for
the emoluments of office, but rather
seem to have desire to serve because
Of their belief that they can do good
in fields in which the Steiner sex is
not altogether a success.
Man DispIaces Miss Boardman.
There are one or two things which
have made the women fear that they
are to be overlooked. Miss Mabel
Boardman, Republican, was appointed
by Woodrow Wilson as commissioner
Of the District of Columbia. The SEN
ate had not confirmed her in Office
when the administration changed.
Miss BOardman was for years virtual
ly the head of the American Red
Cross Of the United States. She had !
been active in civic matters in Wash
ingtOn for years. In her work she |
had the sanction of previous Repub-
lican and Of the Immediately previous |
Democratic administrations. Miss
>Boardman's place was given to a man.
She had served only few months and
did her work, although the senate
had not confirmed her appointment.
There seems to be some fear on
the part Of the leaders in the general
work of women, including Republican
party work, that a woman is not to
be appointed to take the place Of An
nette Abbott Adams who has just re-
signed as an assistant attorney gen.
eral of the United States. Miss Adams
is the first woman ever to hold such
an office. She goes out with the prais-
es Of the department. The women are
urging that one of their sex be ap-
pointed to succeed Miss Adams, but
the word is that they are to be disap-
pointed.
Most of the women who think that
their sex already should have been
given greater recognition, although the
present administration is only two
months old, seem to think that they
Will have to wait for marked recog-
lition and high representation in gov !
eminent until the welfare department
las been established. A great deal
las been written about the welfare de-
,artment, a bill for the creation of
which is now in congress.
SkepticaI About New Department
Some of the women are getting
it caustic. They say that they have
fo |
nent ever will be established, and thar t
may be only will-o'-the-wisp t. t
ure them away from what they de.
lare ought~tO be the bright and fixed I
ght Of present recognition. They
now the President wants the depart
lent, but they hear congress does not
amt it. d
One has to set things down as they h
re here in Washington. The women y
re criticizing the administration for "
OF giving them the recognition that +"
1ey say they deserve and which the Il
mes Of endeavOr which they represent Il
eserve. The men close to the admin Il
ration say that the women must "
arm to wait; that they are more than | 81
trif1e impatient, and that they fear le
acause man originally stood in a con- a
f:crable degree against their enfran- b
lisement he is going to stand against 81
ny plan to give them high places in HI
m
If the welfare department shall be al
Established and thus a new cabinet
ficer shall take a seat at the Pres
ent's board, it is said that Mrs. Har>
ct Taylor Upton of Warren, Ohio, et
i'll be named as the departments | ii
lief. In that case it can be taken al
+ granted that many positions will
given to the women Of the country. sc
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