The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-17
Wives Hold
CareerEdge
Over Unwed
Spinsters in Minority in
Hall of Fame
Roll Call.
BY GRETTA PALMER
Times special Writer

NEW YORK, Jan. Ill was the
~ belief Of the worldly William
BIakepeace Thackeray that it was
only after Jason left her that
Medea became a learned woman
and a great enchantress. Which
is a rather fancy way of suggesting
that a woman will not get great
deal accomplished in her own right
as long as she has man around 70
absorb her energies and interests.
Well. We have a rather better OPP
portunity today TO study the desert
ed Medea than was offered by the
prim age in which Mr.. Thackeray
lived and wrote Indeed. 1t IS doubt
full whether the respectable society
of his age consciously included a
single woman deserted after a brief
affair-even single blamelesS
divorce.
What do We find when We mod
erns put to the test this theory that
a broken heart is the perfect corner
stone on which to build a success
fuI career2 If We take firm hold
on Who's Who" and look up the
first outstanding women who came
to mind, we find that it is not so.
If We rustic through the most
bullying envelopes devoted to women
in a newspaper library we find 1t
disprOved. And very likely the same
result will be found if We run over
the list Of our women friends and
check their emotional status with
their accomplishments.
Eminent and Married
THE first woman cabinet men,
Der is married. The first woman to
fly the Atlantic is married. The
winner Of last years Pulitzer prize
for the best novel is married. The
woman usually mentioned as Amer
ica's outstanding young actress is
married. And their Jasons are right
at their elbows, helping them along.
Being in the position of a bereft
and manless woman does not. on the
other hand, seem very often con-
ducive TO accomplishment. The
woman who finds herself in that
tragic role has usually suffered so
great a loss Of self-eSteem that it
Is hard Tor her to believe herself
capable of doing anything that is
better than third-rate. And so she
does not trouble TO try.
She seems far more likely. indeed.
to waste her powers in gathering a
great many skulls TO try to COM
penSate for the one she lost, or to
take to self-pity or frivolity as a
substitute for work
Love Need Not Be All
To be- in love and to be loved
back Goes not exhaust a persons en-
ergies.
II is far hkelier to increase them.
A woman happy in love or marriage
has an emotional peace and security
which irradiates her efforts and
gives her faith in her own abilities.
She dareS to take a chance at
trying some new piece Of work be-
cause sire knows that. even if she
fails, she will have some one near
her to give a value to life and to
save her from complete despond-
ency.
There used to be an old theory
abroad that it was the bachelors who
made the greatest progress in their
careers. He travels the fastest who
travels alone" was its summation
and very convincing it sounded, too,
until people began to look around
them and count the heads of the
men who stood above the crowd at
so. and to discover them accom-
panied by a wife and family, COM
plete to several offspring.
, The old fallacy still attaches in
large measure to the woman with
interests beyond her home. Do YOU
suppose that it can ever be dispelleG
by the simple fact that the outstand-
ing work being done by women in
the world today is being done by
wives?