The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-09-29

wise pastor gave this counsel. al
ways remember that woman never
forgets." Most married men, even
the less observant, live long enough
to realize that women have long
memories. They retain Incidents
with dates attached. like a card
catalogue. But more, there is always
the human element attached to hap
pening and date. Women care far
more for persons than they do for
things, an editorial in the Boston
Globe asserts.
The collective memory of Ameri-
can women for the past 100 years is
outlined In a book. angels and
AmaZons," which Inez Haynes Irwin
has written for the National Council
of Women of the United States. It
presents comprehensive and slim
ulating account of a transformation
which began about 1888 and has not
yet run its course.
The wrapper in which the book
is shown has on its back page three
dates anC three accompanying words.
AS nearly as such brief lettering can.
the six words indicate the change
1888 Female, 1888 Lady, 1888
Woman"
Mrs. Irwin finds evidence of faint
stirring among american females"
exactly a century ago. 1t was then
that Lydia Maria Child brought out
the first ambitious American anti
slavery book-"An Appeal on Behalf
of That Class of Americans Called
Africans"
To be sure, women had done con-
siderable outside the home before.
The first newspaper in Maryland
was established by Anna K. Greene.
Penelope Russell of Boston both
edited and printed the Censor here.
And there were other important
women journalists In the Colonies.
But it was the anti-slavery book
which really cast the lady's glove
into the arena. Woman had begun
her fight for social betterment.
The rule had been incessant work
inside the home. Those women who
were wives bore children with reg
ularity that frequently resulted in an
early death for the mother. When
she was buried another woman would
take her place, as the old records
show. In addition there was the do
nestle manufacturing establishment
that baked and brewed, spun, sewed
and mended. The labor continued
from dawn to dusk with all the wom-
en- of the household on the Job.
1t seems incredible that those so
burdened could respond TO calls from
the outside, but that is in the make
up Of women. They dared to believe
that girls had brains when the
learned rated them as only one re-
move from cattle.
A Massachusetts, voter. male of
course, incensed at the proposal of
a local tax for schooling girls, ex-
claimed. "HaverhiIl educate shes?
NeverI" Boston did not open a gram
mar school for them until 1889. A
high school for Boston girls was es-
tablished in 1926, but 1t was too sue
cessfuL So many girls wanted to at
tend that the authorities followed the
easiest way. They abolished the
school In 1928.
Persistent fighting was necessary
before few schools were provided
and kept going where girls might
learn more than the rudiments re-
quired for reading a chapter in the
Bible and understanding a recipe for
cooking. Pages in the history of ed
ucation are crowded with the names
of pioneer woman teachers who d.
verted knowledge to members Of
their own sex. In addition to those
who started sch,o OILS for girls were
the brave maidens who made their
way into classes where only boys
were expected. Many a girl, who
had been told that Latin, Greek and
mathematics were beyond the pow
ers of a female" proceeded to win
first place in class of boys, where
by chalking up victory for half of
humanity as well as for herself.
It was in protesting against the
slavery of the negro that the Ameri-
can white woman first felt the fet-
tiers with which she was herself res.
trained. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and
Lucretia Mott made the discovery
together at one of those conferences
In Europe of which the last has not
vt been heard. They had gone TO
London to attend a Worlds Anti
Slavery Conference" They had ex-
pected to participate, but they found
that women were neither TO be seen
nor heard. They were placed behind
curtain while the men talked 1t out
The memory of that was tremen-
dous help to woman suffrage.
Eight years later Mrs. Stanton pre-
scented a blistering indictment of
male domination in her resolution