Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1922-03-29
Watching Equal Rights" Bills.

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Watching Equal Rights" Bills.
Fourteen million women will be
granted or denied equal rights" un-
der the laws OF nine states by the leg.
islutures now I'm session and Schetl-
uled TO act soon on the equal
rights" bin drafted by the NauO.ai
Woman's party.
The women In these nine states form
approximately one-quarter of The num-
Der al women In the entire United
I states. or according To the 1920 cen
sus. 13.s2I.STg. The states are: New
York. Massachusetts, Maryland. Nir-
-iulu. Mississippi. South Carolina, Ken
lucky. New Jersey and Rhode Island
O. Specific Disabilities.
Among these states are some of the
/ worst IN the country la regard To their
: laws Concerning women. OF the list
~ 81 specific disabilities of women
tabuIuipI hy the Womun's party eX-
perts. every one Is found iu the
statutes of ut least one ot ihe nine
states lu question.
The disabilities suffered by women
Boo these states are classified 10y the
LEGAL research department Of the Wom-
ans party under three beads: Dis
elimination against women as mothers,
( discrimination against women as
wives. and discrimination iu general
which Includes property and inherit
/ auce rights. jury service and Office
I holding.
Political. legal and civil disabilities
alone are affected by the Woman's
marty hin which does not enter upon
7 the industrial field. but specifically
I provides that "this nc. shall not affect
I laws regulating the employment Of
women Ga industry"
Gales Vital by Alice Paul.
Alice Paul. vice president Of the
Woman's party, made the following
statement IN connection with tie cam
pai-n for the blanket equal-rights bill
ia the states:
Nothing 50 vital TO the happiness
and welfare of any great group of the
Z people IN this country will he decided
I within the next two weeks as these
state bills affecting the lives of four
teen million women. Upon whether
they are passed or not depends whe'h-
ar mothers shall be separated from
their children: whether they shall
have anv voice In the education or
training 81 their children; whether
married women shall have control over
The money which they earn; whethet
women shall have equal opportunity
training. and equal freedom In the
choice of their professions"
International interest In the present
campaign OF the women In this coun-
try for equal rights L. evidenced IN
a recent Issue of tbs International
Woman's Suffrage News. in which one
~ the editors expresses the vivid In
reresf Of the women of all countries
I'm the effort Of the women Of Amer
lea. and m commenting upon thegroup
~ women supporting protective indus
trial legislation for women, says:
L confess myself amazed that any
ho8v of women with an advanced or
feminist program should FOR moment
hesitate between the securing OF fuii
equal rights for the women OF the
United states and the power OF i'm
missing protective legislation on wom-
en- IN industry. Women who are really
placed In a position Of equality with
men. I'm law. custom and thought. will
be found 10 be remarkably little In
need az restrictions and projections"
Legislation. simn r 20 this, proposed
IN the nine states mentioned above.
vas passeG IN Wisconsin In June. 1921