Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-04
A Danish Feminist
~ Frederic HassIn

Washington uar-h Nar tss sue
roeded "a rarrtrr.ng I'D world 'haf
woman j. iRtle bit n nothing Ue'hs-g
i'auiuh writer RI fhs isfn .entUr
says 4 man 7vho ioeea half penn ard
woman tnar- fvr .rfes
iiat ora aas hta rifle hia if''e
nothing discovered sha pas t.nran
ha,rE .fsn ua4 4sto4udnd -aan
think Fte hsd dnrr 7l me 't4nstrE
far erfuriee and sG The EIGHT n .ha
women II Denmark vaa begin
Ill. aecaeion n thcse remarks IN
au renuan vas th~ invention
af he National woman rartr. and
thr speaker paa Madam Thit Jensen.
author af f0roLs. who has me rpDu
tatior - bcing man aater IN her
eoHntrv hn4Rh hr denied .nrha'3-
a.iy aa special aatrcd II the urnsit.
aer
later allied fToara Il f7eam
f.rseu aauf a4rs-e further .ae
tsa. ~ ur ts wona- .s
t-sue argued yer u Donnatk
America wonderful .uIn'rv
aa.i MADAME te1s-r. g rt~
alat Easilsh houd k
tee here an FL arranged
tnd fhe American man .s more
aHte than 'he DANISH nan ae added
aaaa tr.fe '1a books wnI.e ara
Hege- er- about America ana ,ho
tmer.sau an Thee I snail - hacD
feuuafh ~ 90 On helping ~i:h the
s,agk Haau - tasa are lolnE .a,.-
There tls women IN orr Parliament
.oss ard ne parsh womel 1re fl-mers
aactors. lawyers tn act Woman r
except hat x alergy.naa ana 81
.aarse. nat IS what she most wants.
Aas added tgi;h a faint tiage x IRONY
And whr should sne not be a lergy
man Fne demanded. A woman 9
reiisious feelings are tust AS intense Is
a man
The women = Denmark sougH, r
suffrage and an equal opportunity v.th
laen from 1850 - 1913. tt erst -ae
women themselves did act seem - real
lle thar they We're b,.rg eIp.o. ~
When George Fr8uie= -ho Danish
egltic. translated Stewart Mills Women
RI BcDdas Violent discussion vas
started. The women IN partIca.a. -5oN
o.Tense. We IN bondage No they
s,td. Although they were not permit
ted - handle ,he.- 7w7 money AZ
though tasv had NOT the slightest r.snt
over theu owc children. although they
had nothing 20 say regarding the mill
tary service Of their sons or the mar
riage laws affecting their dauzht ars-
they we're not in bondage such
stupidity can be explained only because
their brains were stiIl asleep"
Madame Thit Jensen shook her short
curly blond hair, and her eyes behind
her round glasses flashed.
Revolt of Women.
She went on % say that the women
finally did make up ana held mass
meetings which the press called crazy
women's meetings" Danish women ap-
peared az political gatherings 20 heckle
the speakers and even 70 make speeches
themselves. And when me authorities
wanted to refuse them admission, the
women produced the law showing that
people" We're 70 be admitted 20 such
meetings.
Madame Thit Jensen was one of The
leading spirits III this time of stress.
In 1905 wueh she Was making speeches
about the country one village rose IN
arms against the treason saying women
we're capable Of voting rhe people OF
the village even Threatened 20 stone
her If she came hack with her wild
ideas about women.
But" SAYS Madame Ieuscn, proudly.
"in spite Of All opposition the women
were now awake. One law after an
other was passed. ln 1908 women were
permitted TO teach school. In 1906 they
were allowed % study Law and medi-
cine. By 1905 they could vote in mu-
nicipal elections And finally, in 1915.
the long fought-for vote was obtained.
one phase OF the argument over suf-
frage struck Madame Jensen as ridicu-
lous. This was the question whether
the right to vote should not be re-
stricted to unmarried, self supporting
women.
They reasoned like this. she
laughed. 'By marrying. the woman
shows 50 little intelligence that one