Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-09-22
EVERY GIRL SHOULD
LEARN BUSINESS
BY HELEN II. HOFFMAN
Copyright, 1921

LONDON.-Viscount Rhondda,
who inherited the vast estate of her
father, representing thirtyfive cor
porations and several millions of dol
lars now invested in coal mines in
Wales and Scotland, is easily the
She is a director or officer in every
one Of those companies, three OF
which represent newspapers in
Wales and England. She personally
manages this huge estate herself,
for, as she pointed out, her father
brought her up as he would son, If
there had been one, to understand all
the fundamental matters connected
with the vast properties he had &C
quired.
81 cannot see why girls should
not be reared with an idea of bust
ness" said Lady Rhondda in an in
terview with the writer. ut makes
life so much easier for them if the
time ever comes when they need TO
have such knowledge.
ct believe the reason that mors
women do not go in for large and
important work, which of course,
means the assuming of equal respon-
sibility, is due to the fact that by rea-
son of their training, or lack of 1t,
they are afraid to accept responsible
ity. knowledge is power, and when a
work it does not terrify one with
the thought of responsible lity. In
fact such a fear does not even en-
ter into the work." said Lady Rhond-
da.
President of the Political and In
dustrial League for Women, to which
she devoteS a considerable part OF
her time, Lady Rhondda is strong
advocate of the greater education of
women. And for that matter, men,
too," she added.
II believe the world needs this to-
day more than anything else. It
needs to be better informed on all
questions pertaining to the welfare of
society, and this includes men as well
as women and children.
ST am not disturbed over the fact
there are probably two million more
women than men in England. l do
not agree with some of the critics
that this number represents a serious
political menace to the country, hold
ing, perhaps, as they could, the bal
ance of power.
women are not ambitious for
public office, although if England
had woman who was handsomely
qualified for the office of Prime
Minister, she certainly should be al
lowed to hold such office in spite
Of her sex. This should not act as
a bar to fitness for public service.
Neither can women be counted as
freaks where legislation is concern
ed. Today the women Of England
are working merely for better laws
concerning the welfare of their own
sex, such as reform in civil service
laws, so that women will not be dis
eliminated against, one of the bills
we are working for at present; the
age of consent, equal rights of
guardianship for parents, satisfacto-
fy legislation for the widowed moth
er and equal pay for teachers.
These are some of the things we
are working for said Lady Rhond-
da, land 1 must say they do not
sound very radical or awful.
Aside from her great business in
terests, Lady Rhondda is able to de-
vote some time to the work of the
organizations which represent the
greater advancement. In all, she
holds membership in upward Of thir-
ty societies, clubs and organizations,
most of which are seriously occu-
pied with some phase of woman's
work and interests. And she hopes
in the near future to become a CO.
statesman with Lady Aston, to
whose work in parliament she paid
high tribute.
THE splendid record made by
Lady Astor in the house of COM
mons makes us English women feel
that we should have a further repre-
sentation in the legislative bodies of
government" Lady Rhondda said in
conclusions: 81 have petitioned the
king for a seat in the house of lords,
and the attorney general has passed
on it and it is now in the hands of
the committee on privileges 1 hope
my petition will not be in vain"