Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-04-14
MRS. COSsAR TALKS ON /
WOMEN IN BUSINESS
(By Associated Press)

Louisville, KY, April 1.-Two
4 men in business are merely con-
] tinuing the age-old service to the
home.
Mrs. Aubrey Cossar, city treas
urer of Louisville, today told the
Kentucky Educational Associa-
i ton in an address on women in
4 Business" The only difference"
she said, SIS that they have enter
ed the ranks of the great army OF
distributors and producers and
i are engaged in the big task of
making and delivering finished
/ products to the individual instead
Iof individually making the same
sort of things for themselves and
their families"
This is woman's age" Mrs.
Cossar said. She can do any
thing and everything that man
can do, and get away with it,
i Women are taking their place
\ beside men III all their callings
/ and in all the worlds activities.
In business they are displaying an
alertness, an intelligence and an
enthusiasm that has already car
fried them far forward"
T The woman or girl who is not
busy at something these days is
the exception. Mechanical helps !
and by the Improvement in man
Iufacture and distribution of neces
|sities OF life and housekeepingi
have set women free from the
home tasks that have always been
their responsibility. They no
longer spin and weave al home.
SO they have gone into the fac
tories where the worlds textiles 1
are woven. They no longer cut
and SOW and fit or knit every
stitch of apparel for themselves
and their families, so they have
gone into the factories whichII
clothe the world. In other words. II
they have entered the ranks OF Il
the great army Of distributors
and producers and are engaged in i
the big task of making and deliv- II
ering finished products to the in
dividual instead of individually Il
making the same sort Of things
for themselves and their families Il
But that is exactly what bust
ness is. Women have always beei !
doing the same thing, but in the /
old way, AS the world progressed, L
they have progressed. I
Women in business have beenIE
good for business, because they
bring to it the practical, common 4
sense experience and contact with !
life that business needs. YouIa
have often heard. and it is true.
that the greatest business in the
world is the business Of keeping !
house. That is exclusively th6
women's business. Next to it il I
are the businesses
that provide for the wants am
the needs of TIE housekeeper an( {
the home. Does it not stand tc ,
reason that women engaged il
businesses catering to the hom
and to the home-maker can pro- ,
duce better and sell better thing
that they know ali about thanI
would be expected of men?
But perhaps it is woman's en-
thusiasm that means to the most
III business, to herself and to the
business. She feels that she is
getting somewhere, because With
her own income, she is independ-
ent.
The result will be good, al
through to the individual woma..
to business and to the race.
am not talking about tic silk
ones. They don't count for muci
But the great major
ity-women or men-are earnest
striving to advance themselve
and he of real usefulness.
eff they continue in business
permanently, they will attain the
same successes as men; if the
retire from business to the bust
ness of making a home and rails
ing a family, they will make bet
ter wives and better mothers be
cause of their business expert