Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-02
MRS. OWEN SAYS WOMEN'S
PLACE IN HOME NOW GREATER
Keeping House Small Part,
New Congress Men,
beg's View.
Daughter Of Commoner Again
to Live on Capitol
Hill.

Mrs. MUM Bryan owen. who on
March the 4th will take her seat In the
House of Representatives from the
largest territorial district in the State
of Florida. believes that woman's place
In the home is as true today as It has
been In years past, but she also believes
that the area Of that home Is no longer
confined by four walls. but extends to
as great a distance as an automobile
carrying her children can travel.
II believe that woman's place Is in
the home" stated Mrs. Owen in her
temporary Office at the House Once
Building. but the modern mother has
begun to set different limit on the
home from the limit which the mothers
of few generations ago recognized.
There was a time when. II a woman
kept the inside of her home clean and
sanitary she had done her duty by her
family. but I believe that my home is
the place where my family and my chill
dren live. and I find that my children
can move about In a space as big as an
automobile can travel In every direc-
ton from the house that live in. and
I believe that 1t Is useless for me to try
to keep the inside of one house safe
and sanitary II the town that live in
is not safe place for my boy or my
girl"
Duty In Legislation.
Mrs. Owen stated that she believes
that all legislation which affects the
child should not only be Of interest to
women and mothers but the enactment
of such laws Is strictly their duty. The
work of the Juvenile courts. the pure
food laws. the traffic laws, supervision
of moving pictures and the mothers
pension law are among the legislative
questions mentioned by Mrs. Owen as
Of particular importance to the mothers
and children of a nation.
1T would be interesting II we could
trace all the steps in legislation" re-
marked Mrs. Owen. which have come
so close to the well-being of our chill
dren that the modern mothers have felt
these laws to be their intimate con-
Germ"
Mrs. Owen, who has recently arrived
from her home In CocOanut Grove.
south of Miami. Fla. has the distinc-
ton Of being the first woman sent to
Congress from South of the Mason
Dixon line. Her constituents have low
ingly bestowed upon her the title OF
FIRST Lady of the South" In the re-
cent campaign she was victorious by
ma iority of almost $1,000 votes.
Ancestors From Virginia.
at is not paradoxical that should
have been elected to Congress from a
Southern State" Mrs. Owen said
Although have only resided in Florida
for nine years, my ancestors were from
Virginia. For 200 years the Bryan
family lived in Culpeper County. Va.
and all the records of the family are
still in the courthouse of that county"
Mrs. Owen is vitality interested in AL
young people and has turned over her
salary as head Of the department OF
public speaking Of the University OF
Miami to be used for a scholarship for
the student making the best speech on
exert all influence possible during her
term Of of1ice toward the advancement
of political education among the young
people of her State.
Mrs. Owen emerged into political
prominence after her husband died IN
Florida as the result of wounds received
during the World War. She Is the
mother Of four children, a married
daughter. Mrs. william Painter Meeker
of Baltimore: small daughter. Helen
Rudd, years old, and two sons. John,
student at the University Of ,Wiscon-
sin. and Bryan. student at Staunton
Military Academy, Va.
Her mother, Mrs. william Jennings
Bryan, and her little daughter Helen
Rudd are now at Mrs. Owens home,
Chota Khoti. In Florida. Mrs. Owen
is now looking for a Washington resi-
dence and hopes to find a place near
her office on Capitol Hill. where she
lived with her distinguished father as a
child. Her mother and daughter will
remain in Florida throughout the Sum-
mer and join Mrs. Owen In Washing
ton in the Fall