The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1925-01-08
SEX AND GREATNESS
by E. P. conwell)


of the sovereign voters Of Texas and
Wyoming created SO much comment
and discussion that one is led to ask
what is so very wonderful about it
after all. 1t is true that she had had
the ballot but short time but woman
has always had the ability and all that
she ever needed was the opportunity.
Neither did she have to wait until
she was given the right to exercise
an American ballot before she demon
starated her worth and her fitness as
a mere glance at history will prove.
Let us see
From the time the Virgin Mother
held the Infant Savior in her arms to
this hour, woman has demonstrated
the fact that she is more unselfish,
more capable Of enthusiasm for spir-
itual ends, and that she has more sym
pathy with what is beautiful, noble
and godlike than man. And then too,
let us not be too sure that she was
emancipated during the past ten or
fifty years, for her emancipation dates
from the time of Him whose birth we
celebrated two weeks ago.
Even the Old Testament loves to
dwell upon the names Of women prom
inent in the instruction of the people
Anna, the mothre of Samuel, and
Marian the mother # Moses, Judith
at Bethulia, Estaher at the Court of
Assuerus. Ruth in the fields, and the
mother Of the Machabees at the altar
of martydom. These are few Of
the great characters which influenced
the Jewish people. The deeds of three
Of them are Of sufficient glory to
merit record in special books of the
Testiment.
In the Christian dispensation Anna
taught Mary the law and Mary I'M
folded to the youthful Savior the les
sons Of religion. Anna, the proph-
etess, foretold his greatness, and
Elizabeth prepared the Baptist for
his lifework.
/ Then too, long back in the sixth
century before Christ lived Sappho,
the supreme poetess of all time, whom
Plato called the tenth muse and Scion
prayed that be might not die until he
had committed her verses to memory.
Then came Erinna, who in her short
| life Of nineteen years, won immortal
! fame and Corinna the peer of Pindar,
and Myrtis and many other inspired
songstresses whom ancient Greece
held in highest honor. The list of cul-
tured Grecian women closed with
Aspasia, the learned and gifted wife
Of pericIes whose fair name is now
cleared of the aspersions once cast
upon it.
Rome in her paImiest days held in
highest honor women of brilliant gifts
and accomplishments. Among these
was Cornelia, the daughter Of Scipio
Africanus and the mother Of Grac-
chi. Plutarch praises her for having
given her sons moral and intellec-
tual training that contributed more to
their perfection than did their royal
birth.
Mention might also be made OF
| Hypatia, of Alexandria, the learned
lecturer on philosophy and whom
Chrales Kingsley makes the heroine
of his famous novel; Of Novella An
drea, who lectured in Bologna Uni
versity and one of the highly educated
women of her period; Of Queen Eli
zabeth, who wos called the scholarly
princseses, and of the unfortunate
Lady Jane Gray, who was noted Az a
Greek and Latin scholar.
Mention need hardly be made here
of Madame Currie, Grace Darling
Winnie Davis, Frances Willard, Jane
Adams and thousand other heroines
and angels Of mercy and enlighten-
ment whose lives shine as stars Of
the first magnitude among the truly
great.
Erase the names Of women wht
/ have cast luster ON the pages OF Eng
lish and American literature and thu
galaxy would lose many Of Its bright
est stars. AS novelists and essayistl
they have given immortal contribu
tions to literature as they have also u
the domain Of dramatic, lyric and bal
lad poetry.
| We recall with singular pride an
| admiration the celebrated fiction o
| George Elliot, the patriotic songs 0
Julia Ward Howe, the fervid lays 0
Mrs. Hermans, the classic verse Q
II Elizabeth Barrett Browning, the 81
| quisite melodies Of Jean IngeIow, ii
| intellectual supremacy Of the Car
| sisters and the stirring poems IN
II lyric grandure Of Ella Wheeler Wi
cox, and not only in literature In
woman left her impress on the scro
Of intelligence and heroism-
II Though Joan of Arc, the unlettere