The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-01-02
CONFERENCE
ITO Be Held
next april
Better Conditions for Wom-
en- and Children to Be
| Extended Over Continent

en- and Children to Be
IA Extended Over Continent
III Ry HARRY HUNT
( WASHINGTON. Jan :.-SueiectsI
jof prlms Importance 20 women viii
ne considered at their Pan.Amerioan
Iccnfercneo 20 be held in Baltimore
lAprn 20 to 20. during the annual
iconvention OF the National League
Ior Women Voters
I The program for series OF round
table conferences TO be part OF the
( lAn-Amcrican conference already
4 has been worked out Il ~NNdes;
Child welfare.
Educaton.
Wousen In industry.
Civil status OF women
Prevention Of traffic In women.
Political status OF women.
Tho fight Of women in the United
States TO better conditions for women
ana children will be extended TO the
~ho,c Western continent. II Is hoped
che conference may develop rivalry
N the case OF children and mothers
that may be powerful factor IN
stimulating effort
CHILD WELFARE
me- rkxnxtf AN
Grace Abbott. ehier OF the chill
a<en.s bureau OF the U. 5. labor do
pArtment. who VIII lead the discus
ntons on child welfare. says.
1T ought TO be possible to work
cut. "a a result OF these meetings.
what might be regarded as Pan.
American standards In the several
fields OF child welfare. Al least four
specific phases OF the problem OF pub
lie provision for children viii be con-
atdervd. These are:
.~l--Matsrnity and infancy.
-.-ch,ld hygieno.
ss-chiid labor and Industrial prob
lens affecting children
.s-Conditions for assisting chil.
drvn needing special carc---tnc de-
pendent. neglected. defective and dc
nnausnt children"
Mabel Walker winebrnndt. assist
ant L. $. attorney gcenral believes
the conference will have great part
In shaping the future civil and eco
nornlc status OF women
I'VE find everywhere" she says
ian awakening recognition % woman
Legally. however. shs Is Just
emerging from coveture- Haruly
anywhere have the laws giving her
property and personal rights kept
pace with the advance OF public opin-
Ion on these questions. Any effort.
then. 20 stabilize her advanced poai-
ton by laws protecting II are OF the
greatest Importance
GREATEST IMPETUS
FOR RECOGNITION
The coming together OF women
from the two Americas In the Pan
American conference cannot but give
the greatest impetus toward cornpSc,e
recognition OF the partnership status
between men and women"
Mary Anderson. chief OF the depart
ment OF labor's bureau OF women In
Industry. declares<
1T Is most significant md import
ant. not only TO the women In indus
try. but to all women in the United
states. that a conference Is to be
held where Industrial standards can
be discussed and understood
'swonen in the industries OF AL
the countries represented at the con
ference" she says. ''are faced with
common problems. which must be
solved in cooperation. Industrially
the two continents are linked: the
standards OF one must affect the
other. The health. happiness. pros
perity and efficiency Of both individ.
uais and Industries will be furthercd
BY the observance OF common aims
and common standards.-
PROTECTION OF
PARENTUOOD
The better protection OF family life
and parenthood will be sought by the
discussions on the prevention OF traf.
fic in women. led by DR.. Valera ".
Parker. executive secretary Of the
interdepartmental social hygiene
board.
american countries should lead
the way In proclaiming confluence 20
be not incompatible with health"
say DIR. Parker. .~rhe Pan-American
conference Is one OF the media by
which this may be accomplished.
mo subject viii arouse more active
interest A conference Of intelligent
women citizens should aid in bring.
ing about conditions under which
health and character may be better
safeguarded in all the nations repre-
scented"
Education Is the keynote TO all
the problems of the conference"
Julia Wade Abbott. OF the bureau Of
education. will tell the delegates.
THE term American education"
she says. should be applied not
alone to the systems in the - states
OF the United States. but TO those
prevailing In the whole of both West
ern continents"
Woman's political status will be pre-
scented by Carrie Chapman Gait, who
wfb urge active work by her sisters
in Canada and Central and South
America toward obtaining an effec-
tive power In government
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