Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-20
VIRGINIA WOMAN
TELLS STORY OF
| ENTERING POLITICS
Civilizations Failure, She
Asserts, Due to One
Sided Government:
BOTH SEXES SHOULD
TAKE PART IN RULE
Man-Governed World Must
Not Be Followed by
Woman Regime.
WOULD WAGE WAR on wan
Advise. New Voter. to begin h,
Putting Hnnds on Local
Conditions First.
BOTH SEXES SHOULD
TAKE PART IN RULE
WOULD WAGE WAR ON. WAR
Advise. New Voters to Begin h,
Putting Hands Local
Conditions First.
tBy Associated Prcss.l

NEW YORK. April la.-Nancy
Langhorno Astor, the Virginia girl
who married a British nobleman, be.
came the mother of six children. and
afterward won the first seat In ths
House OF Commons ever held by a
woman. came back to America today
for short visit.
First she chnttcd lightly on a
dozen topics, and then tonight she
spoke seriously on women and poll
tics. urging every woman to enter
politics.
Speaks with Accent of south.
The beauty for which Lady Astof
was famed In her dcbutante days IN
Virginia as Nancy" Langhorne 4.
still a part OF her charm She seemed
quite young today. and happy. She
smiled and winked and spoke with
the accent of the South. though IL
has been eight years since she has
been home. 80
The gathering OF men and women
who crowded the town hall to hear
her speech tonight cheered with
fervor that bespoke their admiration
for Lady Astor's achievements. Pre-.
cedlng her to the platform. was Mrs
Carrie Chapman Gait. American suf.
frage leader.
Lord Astor accompanied his Amer
lean wife from England on the O;ym-
pic and he Will go with her to Btlti-
more. where later this week, she !.
to take a prominent part in tho In
ttrnational conference Of the Leagl.
Of Women Voters. M
One Sex Cannot Govern Alone.
1t was Lord Astor. said Lady AS
tor tonight. who started her on "thls
downward career from homo to
House." Her husband. she explained,
was horn social reformer. but he
had avoided the pitfall of thinking
one can right wrongs with philan-
thropy. He realized that one must
go TO the bottom of the wrongs. and
so. for eleven years at Plymouth,
she found out the wrongs. and he had
tried TO right them. ~
One sex cannot govern alone, Lady
Astor declared. She believed one of
the reasons civilization had failed so
lamentably was that II has had one
sided government.
Don't let us make the mistake Of
ever allowing that TO happen again."
she said. II can conceive of nothing
worse than man-governed world,
except woman-governed world, but
| can seen the combination OF the two
going forward and making civil!za-
ton more worthy the name OF cIvilt-
zation based on Christianity. not
force. A civilization hased on justice
and mercy. feel men have n great
er sense OF justice and we OF mer-
cy. They must borrow our mercy aud
We must use their Justice
Have no Political Past.
In entering politics. Lady Astor
said women are up against gener-
ations and generations OF prejudice.
She counseled them TO begin their
political development by putting
their hands on the foundation, local
politics. She made IL clear that sfs
did not mean that every woman
should go In for political career.
MeA,ifully. she declared women
have no political past. but they havo
ALI the mistakes OF sex legislation
with its appalling failures to guide
them"
Limited by Mans Power.
Every since woman's conscious-
ness looked beyond the MATERIAL 4
she said, mems consciousness has
feared her vaguely; ne has gone to
her for Inspiration. he has relied on
her for all that Is bes. and most
ideal in his life. yet by sheer ma
terial force he has limited her. Ha
has without knowing IT. western!xed
the harem mind OF tie east. I don't
believe he knows 1t so We must break
IL to HIM gently. we must 20 on
being his guide. his mother and hie
better half but we must prove 20 q
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