Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-10
LATE ELECTION SHOWS
SUCCESS IN THIS FIELD
Too Young us Voter, Politi-
clan and Ofliccholder to
Forctcll Final Result.
NAMED TO IMPORTANT OFFICES
Most Exalted Post TO which Any Wo-
man Was Elected Was That of
Judge of the Supreme Conrt of
the state OF Ohio.
ny Virginia Ice Cox.


tated. undoubtedly. by the fact that
she has been coming more and more
TO the front In various activities. Al
though woman may be said to bc
fairly emancinatcd from tho shacklcs
that once held her. there are stu n
great many people who doubt her
ability To take an active part In the
world az large. and who speak most
disparaginGly OF her inferiority to
man. emphasizing. The fact that her
place il in the home.
In spite az this adverse criticism
there have been plenty Of women who
We're willing To bc pioneers in tho
different professions. with the sue
ccssful competition of these trail-
blazers with men, the various fields
OF modern activity have been opened
10 women. Back in the nineteenth
century. when Mary Ann Evans FIRST
started 10 write. public sentiment
against u woman novelist was so
great that she had 10 adopt the nom
de plume OF George Eliot, In order
10 insure her novels being read.
To-day there Is no argument about
women being successful writers and
noyciists In other fields, also. such
asshe business world and the profess
sions. she has proved her efficiency
ami worth
Lntrst Field Entered
Tho latest field that woman has en-
tered, and tn" one to caus" possibly
the greatest amount OF comment. l.
the political field. In this uudcrtak-
In. shc has met with all the difficult
ties mat she has encountered before.
ana q great many more Woman as
voter. politician. and onic"holder.
is set too young and inexperienced
:" forecast for her what the result Of
her active participation IN these ar
FAIRS WI! be. However. tn" result OF
the November election. the second ma
t"nal election In which women had
an equal share In the vote. seems
10 forecast that she will u. as sue
"esSful In politics as she has been in
other activities The numb OF NO
men elected was Of course small, but,
when one considers the odds against
which these women fought. and the
TACT that woman * only political
baby, the result OF the election seems
not defeat. but victory.
In" most important office TO which
"H>' woman "hs elected was that Of
ludg" ~ state Supreme Court.
Judge FLORENCE E!iinwood Alien Of
ohio. wax elected 70 the Supreme
Court ~ ohio. being the frst woman
!n the United States To- receive such
an honor. Judge Allen is a most in
A'3'HA'lc l''IHbus VINO, NnglE
parhuNcly young, has attained honor.
never before given 10 women. She
was the FIRST woman 20 sit in = court
of general Jurisdiction. legal and
equitable. ciyil and criminal; and as
far ~ IL Ia known. She was the iirs,
woman In the world Ia preside In
'rst-dcerec murder ease. having
served In this capHCiiy in the case
~ IN. state Of Ohio against Frank
Motto
Next Mast Important Office.
Perhaps the next most Important
officc 10 which Il woman was elected
was that of United States Congress.
man. Mrs. Wnnifred Mason Huck.
Of Illinois was tn. only woman elect
cd 10 the National House OF Repre-
sentattves. being elected to MI ont
the uncXpircd term OF her father. vii.
liam T.. Mason, az Representative at
large ntcpuhliCan). The fact that
MISS robertson was defeated is not
particularly a blow To women In poll
ties, as she was an aniisumragist can
d!datc. VINO has opposed the Passage
"i measures In which organized wo-
men In politics have heen Interested
In addition TO these most important
Offices. Ohio. Connecticut Massachu-
sets. Missouri. New jersey, pennsyl-
Nanin and Rhode Island are among
the states that have sent women to
the state Legislatures In Illinois
Maine and South Dakota the first wo-'
man legislator was elected while
Vermont sent her FIRST woman Senator
to the state Legislature.
These statistics seem to show that
woman Is coming into her own In the
po!itica! world more in the Northern
and Western States than In the South
That women We're not elected in the
south during the past election is due
largely TO the fact that practically
no women We're nominated for office
The appointment OF Mrs w. n. Eel.
ton. 81 years old, by Governor Hard
wick. OF Georgia. to fill the vacancy
caused by senator Watson's death
proves that southern women are not
backward in politics.
First Woman Ia Capture Honor,
Mrs. FELTON, was the first woman to
capture this honor. and her appoint
ment was based on her prominence
in politics in Georgia for over half
century. Recently, in Virginia,
Mrs. w. T. Harris was appointed
judge of the Juvenile and Domestic
Relations Court in Danville, for n
term OF six years. the first woman
in the state to hold such position.
Mrs. Irene Argenbright. of stanton.
was made clerk of the Corporation
Court for that city. the first woman
III lHc state 10 serve as an active
clerk OF a court.
In speaking Of Virginia women
who are prominent in politics il is
hut natural to think of Lady Nancy
Astor. who is not only one of the
few women TO obtain a seat in the
British House OF Commons. but the
only foreien-born woman TO achieve
such an honor.
1t we look even farther away than
england. we find another woman
who is doing n most unusual and in !
terestinS thing. Miss Nadcjda
Stnnciof has recently been appoint
cd hrst secretary OF the Bulgarian
legation at Washington. thus be-
coming, so far as is known. the first
woman TO take an active place in
diplomatic corps. In view OF tho fact
that the modern definition OF dipIo-
mat Is "one who knows how to keen
secret" and remembering the oft
repeated charge against women on
this score this seems particularly
interesting.
Politicians arc beginning to feel
tho pressure and Importance of wo-
men In tho political field, for In tho
great march that woman has begun
towards onnalffv of