The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-09-24
Governor Speaks Before Fed
Grated Clubs in Conven-
ton at Dickinson
WOMEN ARE BETTER FITTED
Crippled, Tubercular or Neglect
cd Children Need Intel
ligent Help

Suggestion that North Dakota club
women conduct a real campaign for
the conservation and protection of
tho child life Of the state vGs made
to the State Federation Of Women
clubs b. Governor George r. Sllafer
In an address to their convention
here today.
Pointing OIL. that women are bet
ter fitted than mon to accomplish
sound and constructive worl. III this
field. the govorno. suggested that the
state federation establish Il research
department to Get 1t tho facts Of the
problems confronting proper develop
mcat Of children and then launch 4
constructive campaign based upon
those facts.
TO conserve the lives, health and
mental and moral development of
children and TO develop tho natural
talents Of children. Governor Snafcr
said. is a wide field AMI II which
will challenge tho intelligence Of
Women as we'll as appeal to Their ma
ternal instinct.
More Fairgrounds Needed
The state has many crippled. tu-
ba:cular II neglected children who
need intelligent and sympathetic
help, he said. Educational institu-
tions. good as they arc. can be i'm
proved to better meet the needs OF
children. More Fairgrounds and
parks are needed for proper child de-
yelopment.
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BY cnlisting themselves whole
heartcdly in a solution OF these and
allied problems. the governor said.
women AN render a service not only
to the individual child but to the
state and nation which will be Of in
estimablc benefit.
Reviewing the recent progress Of
women in fields CT endeavor outside
the home, Governor Shafer said mod
ern women have opportunities and
responsibilities outside the home
which would have appalled, mos,
women % years ago.
Progress Due to Women
Much Of the progress Of The world
during the last quarter century. he
said. is due directly to women or
traceablc to women's influence. They
have introduced a new sort of ambi-
ton. initiative and sentiment into
business. professional and other
fields. which. combined with the OK
perience and industry OF men. has led
to more progress than the world has
known in any previous similar period
OF time.
Through their own efforts and
withou. organization. he said. women
have risen to positions of leadership
il practically all fields except those
requiring ability for outside mechan-
ical work. In education. public health,
nursing. the arts and sciences and
business. women now are full partners
Of mon and recognized IS having
equal capabilities. he said.
Coupled with this has been their
rise to Importance III places Of public
service. both as individuals and as
organizations, the governor said.
Women now are active in all agencies.
both public and private. which exist
for the benefit OF the general public.
Attitude Has Changed
Coupled with the fact that labor
saving devices now give married
women more freedom from home
cares. the governor said. is the
changed attitude toward participation
by womcll ir all lines Of work.
Social barriers which once stood IN
the way Of progress BY women have
disappeared. Prejudice against &C
tivitY by Women outside the home is
lesscning daily. This prejudice is dis
appearing, not only from the minds
and habits Of thinking men, but,
and more important. from the mind
and habits Of thinking women them
selvc~..
Tho only thing which AN seriously
Impede the progress Of women IN any
llel6 . lack u preparation or lack o.
a1llity on the part q women them-