The Bozeman courier., 1927-01-21
CBy MRS. M. E. PLAssNIANN)


THIS column is supposed to record
the activities of Montana wo-
- men, and does so from week to
week. Montana is a large state, and,
unlike pioneer days, the number of
it's women is not small. What they
do that is noteworthy, should not be
limited to a column, but fill many
pages; yet what do we find? Our
Sunday papers have broadsides of
society news, all devoted, or at least
the greater part, to women. Here
should be ample material of inter-
est to every man and woman in the
state. Most of the items are local, as
might be expected, and give little in
sight into what Montana women are
doing that is really worth while, and
not a mere repetition of what is
transpiring in other cities.
The exception to this lies mainly in club
work, and that of girls organizations, such
as the Camp Fire Girls, and the Girl
Scouts. There are reports of engagements
OF prominent society girls; bridge parties
arrival and departure of prominent sOci-
ETY. women; accounts OF weddings, dinners,
luncheOnS, and teas, that exhaust the ad-
jectives Of the writer who describes the re-
Observation-Disclosures that find their way
later into the advertising page, where we
And the strange thing is one forms very
little idea from these vOluminOuS items or
what is being accomplished by Montana
women. Women of affairs have few spare
hours to give entertainments. They are
employed i'm shops and offices, or where
there is a demand for their services. But
few of this class are pictured on the So
Ciety page, although they are an import
ant part Of society in It's broader sense.
But surely is heard the remark, "Mon-
tana women are abreast Of women else
where" This is true, and elsewhere the
"WOman's Page" is compounded Of inani-
ties, not because women are not advancing
such rapid strides during the last hall
century, that the "WOmn's Page" finds Il
difficult to keep pace with them, and still
harks back to GOdey's Ladies' Book per
iOd.
There is another reason why more o.
general interest is not CLEANED for the wO
mans Department Of the press: 1t is be
coming daily harder to separate women
work from that Of men-especially since
the World war At first men were not In
clined to recognize that woman has becom
an important factor in industry and tn
professions. 1t was not a question OF re
cOgntiOn-it was a long battle, waged b!
women against terrible odds, yet they wer
slowly overcoming the opposition Whlcl
results from mankind'S dread or anythlnl
new when along came the war; and
presto! change! Women were encourage
to do anything which would release me-
for the field.
More and more, men and women ar
working side by side in great undertak
ings. This is as it should be, now tina
women are being released from hOusehOl
duties that once claimed them. WOme
have not abandoned the home, for its wall
are now enlarging to take in all humanit!
The club women of Montana will deman
from our legislature an amendment to I'll
present law governing delinquent childrel
that will hold accountable all who cOntrit
ute to their delinquency, and not alone tt
parents, as at present is the case.
The women also ask that the child
right to ask for jury trial, shall be abo
ished. This last measure is liable to mi