The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-23

SOuoAAJ
like what you Elsie Robinson
write, but you sure made me
mad lately when you said that
Women aren't emotionally as
reliable as men in business
There isn't any difference in the
emotions of business men and
business women E. BUT
THERE rs A LOT OF DIFF
FERENCE IN THE WAY MEN
LOOK AT THOSE EMOTIONS.
"A man can and does kick up
as much fuss in the Office as
any woman. Sometimes it Is
necessary fuss and sometimes it
Is plain Stiffness and bad tenn
per.
But no matter what it is AS
LONG AS HE IS A MAN HE
CAN GET BY WITH 1T. BUT
JUST LET A WOMAN KICK
UP THE SAME AMOUNT OF
FUSS AND SEE WHAT HAP
PENS. At once all the men
brand has as 'temperamental'
...'U n eliable' J.. =. unbalanced
E. and, if they don't fire her,
proceed to treat her as a child
or a haf-wit. Yet she may
not have said half as much as
a man would have said under
the same circumstances.
IT have had an example OF
this in my own department. I
have charge of six girls ia a
certain department of big in.
Surance company. Before I
went there a man had been in
charge for eleven years. They
had let him run things to suit
himself and when came in,
after his death, I found a lot
of wasteful, old-fashioned
methods in use. Everything
needed a good shaking up.
II stood it for a while, for I
knew that a new employee
should always work his, or her,
way in, tactfully. Then I laid
my suggestions before the high
er-ups. They listened, with that
polite, patient kind of listen
ing you give. a kid. But they
didn't do a thing. It was plain
that they couldn't imagine a
woman lettering a mans
methods. I waited for a while,
until I had some more figures to
show them and I started In
again. Same result.
Then I got mad! was UP
against it. If I didn't make
Good in that department they'd
hold me responsible. But I
couldn't make good with those
old methods. Yet, if tried to
change the methods, they'd give
me the dog eye like they had
before. But I had to take a
chance. So I stood right up
and made a yell. Well, the re-
suit was that they gave in.
They couldn't deny the fig
ures. And I am now giving re-
suits. BUT DO YOU THINK
THOSE MEN WILL ACKNOWL-
EDGE THAT I WAS RIGHT?
WILL THEY BE GOOD
SPORTS WITH NE, THE WAY
THEY WOULD WITH ANY.
MAN WHO HAD MADE THEM
COME TO TERMS?
IT find have acquired a repu-
tation for being 'awfully tenn
peramental,' and they actually
fight shy of me.
That's just a sample. Any
business woman can give you
dozens of similar experiences.
MEN WILL CHUCKLE AND
BOAST ABOUT SOME MANS
BLOW-UP. AND PROBABLY
GIVE HIM A RAISE IN SAL
AIRY BUT THEY CALL A
SIMILAR BLOW.UP IN A
WOMAN TEMPERAMENT"
OR INSTRUMENTATION AND
HOLD A. LASTING GRUDGE
AGAINST HER FOR IT.
Maybe some day women will
achieve a real equality in the
business world but it hasn't
come yet. It's still a mans
world. :. AND MEN STILL RE-
GARD WOMEN AS IN
TRUDERS AND VIEW THEIR
ACTS THROUGH PREJUDICED
EYES.
IF a woman wants to get
along with men today she still
has to flatter them and pre-
tend to agree with them, while
scheming to get her own way.
That is terribly irritating and
humiliating to any women with
honesty and pride. but what
else can she do? If she trieE
to play the game openly and
forcefully like a man they air
resent her. The weak men re-
sent her strength and the
strong men suspect it. They
won't LET her be honest. That's
the truth"
That's Elenore's story. Ele-
more Stewart, do YOU stick by
it?
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