Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-08-18
WOMEN's INTEREST SAME
AS MEMS IN HIGHWAYS
Miss Pidgcon Analyses Vote Of the
Women Cast for Amendment
to Constitution.


Interest of women In improved
roads Is the same M the mems. de-
clarcd Miss M,rT Eiizab.u, Pidgeou.
director OF citizenship EDUCATION,
University, Va. in an address before
the Virginia Good Roads Association.
Miss Pidgcon said. in part:
Last fall. at the convocation OF the
students OF the university, the chief
speaker was Hon. Frank a. Wander
lip. Of New York. In the course OF
his address he said: I suppose the
happiest man In the world may be
defined an the man who has tho
greatest opportunity OF service 70
this there might he addcd-thc man
who has the greatest opportunity Tor
service and who makes the best use
OF this opportunity. BY this dcnni-
hon. ] ana sure yor will agree with
me that Hon. Gcorg" i. Coleman
General c. G.. Vaughan. -. II. Rylaud
and V. -. L. Robinson and other Of
hciitIS OF this organization must be
among the happics; men In virginia
Il hold In my hand "A letter which
received from MIR. Robinson on the
tenth OF November. In Il lie saws:
You will be interested to knov. that
our amendment has carried BY a MA
lojrity OF possibly G0.000.' ] cannot
tell you what thrill that letter
gave me. Indeed. ! am tempted to
frame II for po.,crity. for knew
that II mean; that another long step
had been tak"h for the upbuiidinx
and the progress of the great state
OF Virginia.
Tribute 10 l.. y. Lupton.
"lefore I proceed to my subject.
want TO pay tribute to the memory
OF IL man whose name see on this
i"ttcrhe:,d. man from tnr Valley
from my own section OF the State;
Il man whose untirinE energy AMI In
dependence did much for the adj
vancemcnt OF good roads and Of
other measures. Hon. S. l.. I.upton.
II man whose memory we honor.
womcn's Interest in Highways.'
that is the subject assigned me.
I"siic To say FIST that woEtn's tn
t"'est I'm improved roads lis exactly
the same as mems, for the interest
Of good women and good men work.
Ing together g.. Identical. rr' they
contribute ali<. - me upbuii ln; OF
the Commonwealth
tunatcly Mr.. Coleman and ,he.e
other gentlemen are wonderful
mathematician. They can give you
marvellous results from figures which
cannot. However, I wish To cal
your attention to few figures re-
gardinE the bonl issues wood for
roads this year IN II number OF states.
In five states. II which womca were
voting for the frat time. s"sa.On0 900
was voted for :otis. II we attribute
half OF this to the woman vote wc
make possible. through wcmGl. tn.
sum OF nearly slia.000. zoe or II we
to he perfectly CONSERVATIVES. make
women responsible for even a third NJ
the whole sum. that would be almost
$97.000.000. This in States where NO
men were voting for the first time.
womcn's Activity for Roads.
More than This. there were three
other states where women had al
ready b...: voters befn;, this year.
which. In the last election. voted road
bond issues. This makes eight STATES
III ali voting lid issues To- ;his pnr.
pose. with total amount ~ $3.50.
100000 II. again. We circuit women
with one-haif II this sum. they nakc
possible sl7S.1Go,TOG, or ;:cain, u he
entirely conservative. II wr credit
them with only Onc-third - tire
amount voted Ia these eight S.ate:.
this means they have mad, possible
for good roads rcarly Slio.Coh,0OJ.
Now let us consider wlat they
contributed In Virginia. Thc amend
ment carried h. G2.357 vo;cs I:
we attribute half OF these 10 women.
they gave 3l.lIS. Women in Virginia
had, unfortunately. only Oh. m"n:n
in which to register. white men have
had I'LL tho months In ali the years
since 1902. Leaving out the one
month annually. when the .:Gls,ra.
tion books are Closed. This makcs
los months, So that men IN Virginia
should have had 19S times the reg
istration women had. IL w. arc
wholly conservative IN estimate.
crediting womcn with = third If tic
vote cast for ;he amendment. VIC shail
see that. they nave given 20.13G votes,
which Is no inconsihcrabl. number
for tho advancement Of the interest
of good roads In Virginia.
Mud Sucrcd Ia His Grand father.
Further, let us note that many of
the counties which defeated the
amendment or gave extremely snail
maioritics for IL, were thoa. same
ones which hal a low percentage Of
women registration. ! was recently
In one of the counties in the State