The Washington times., 1922-07-20
.bERWYN WOMAN
/. To MAKE FIGHT
|. FOR CONGRESS
Mrs. Virginia Peters-Park-
hurst Outlines Her
Views.

Mrs. Virginia Peters-P s-Parkhurst,
iOho seeks the Democratic totntra-
ton for Congress IN the Fifth
Maryland district, 'Sao represented
BY Sidney E. Mudd, Republican,
has tOritten the follo,0ing, summary
of her vievs. She is\ forty gears
old, has one SON and has lived IL,
Prince Georges county, Nd, all her
life. Shortly after she n,oued to
BertOyn her right to vote Dds
challenged, but she proved her ELI
gibility and is noi0 seeking Mr..
Mudds place. ...
By Virginia Peters-Parkhurst.
BERWYN, Md, July 2o:--I was
born forty years ago on what l
consider a very lucky day, but
which the old black nanny tells
me was a most unusual day in that
it was showing heavily, on May !,
1882. The premises into which
Master Stork dropped me were
then known as 220 First street
northeast, Washington, D. c.,
where now stands the Senate
Office bullnng.
Father In Navy.
My father. the late Charles
Wright Geddes, engineer, U. s. N,
whose ancestors immigrated to this
country from Scotland, was Of
Quaker stock and was a native son
Of Maryland. My mother was Annie
Reed Hill. Of Prince Georges county
and her birthplace, Glenway Manor,
Seat Pleasant, has been in the
immediate family since the early
settlement Of Maryland. The original
home. which entertained the great
General Lafayette. was years ago
burned to the ground, but the
house which today stands within a
grove Of magnificent and proud old
oaks has sheltered many genera
tions of the Hills.
I was one of nine children and
my childhood was spent among my
books. ] was educated in the public
schools of the District Of Columbia
and at the age of thirteen ! entered
Business High SchooI. Upon leaving
school took a position as stenog.
rapher with the Washington Pub
licity Bureau, q newspaper syndi'
cate. I was at the time Of my mar,
riage to Charles s. Peters-Park.
hurst. in Baltimore. October "a,
1901. private secretary 10 the late
Elphonzo Youngs. AS result OF
my marriage l have one son. nine.
teen. by name Robert Spaulding.
My entire life has been devoted
to social work and I have been
for some years past compiling data
for the publication Of my book on
| Social conditions as l have found
them, especially as regards women
and children" This work has at
times placed nv very life in danger,
for I undertook to ferret out con.
ditions surrounding all kinds and
classes OF people. have lived In
| every conceivable neiEhborhood
used disguises, used aliases and dug
deep into the mire Of human degra'
dations.
Wants Better Mothers.
I do not approve OF women en-.
gaging in trades which might have
a deteriora ting effect upon their own
peculiar structure. l want better
mothers in the world and I want
women to undertake the special train.
ing OF their daughters from infancy.
II seems to me that there is no
question that when humans under.
| stand sex more thoroughly and
learn physical animal control we
| shall have fewer but better babies
brought into the world.
I most firmly believe that mother.
hood is a woman's primary duty and
that a woman should leave this
world a little better off in population
than she herself found It By no