Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-02-11
Women's News
And Views
BY Odessa Overy
Secretary Women's Bureau
Region 2-B


ment, l would like to tell you
briefly of one of our own sex,
that had just as hard of time get
ting recognition. Her principal
statement was, "A women must
learn the principles and tech
nical sides of her work better
than men before she can hope to
start even." Another one of her
statements was, II love the inn
possible" Now do you know of
whom l am speaking, Elizabeth
Ney, is the character and she ex-
listed from 1933-1907. She suited
action to words and with her two
hands she literally carved out a
career of greatness. She started
by emulating the great persons
and ended up by being a great
person.
At the age of ten she made
her own clothes, by taking the
patterns from the gowns that her
father had carved on the statues
that he made. When nineteen
this intrepid girl went to Munich
to study. When told that their
never has been a girl student IN
the academy of fine arts in any
of the departments, she then re-
marked. "Well, then I'll be the
first"
At twenty-one she approached
the "unapproachable" Christian
Daniel Rauch, world famous
sculptor and begged him to in
struct her further. He did and
she was his last and best pupil.
He used his full power and pres
tige and demanded that she be
given a scholarship at the Berlin
Academy of Arts. Heroically, she
managed to continue overcoming
obstacles. In her thirties she
was decorated by monarchs and
gained renown from royalty all
over.
Still she was not satisfied, so
she sailed for America. The east
tried to claim her, but in 1873
she journeyed to Waller County,
Texas. Her neighbofs called
upon her and she entertained
them at tea, very graciously and
invited them to return on the
morrow to watch her at her
work. They were much sur
prised to see her in mems cloth
ing, but she stated that it would
be very impractical to wear the
long dress, when running up and
down the ladder, The women
could we'll see her point. SO ii
was as far back as 1873, that
the women started to wear slacks
as we call them today, and from
here on in you here more and
more about the women working
at mems jobs and making sue
ces of them.
Her first commission in Amer
lea was Labor of Love. When
body of men begged her to
make a statue of one of their
heroes, stating that the legisla-
ture hadn't appropriated money
as yet for the sculpture, she did
not refuse. Although she did the
statue for nothing, in 1901, the
grateful legislature appropriated
funds for her. 1t was a statue
of General Sam Houston Hero
of San Jacinto.
That Elizabeth Ney was sue
cess is borne out by the enduring
testimonials in stone that she
left behind her. SO I think that
if we one and all wish to follow
in her foot stesp we must have
patients, and endeaver to gain
knowledge before we try to bite
off more then we can handle.
But one thing that we must re-
member is that we must never
lose faith in ourselves, for this
is bad, and we will never get
very far. One thing that the
women have always been noted
for was, changing their minds.
This is one thing that we can not
do if we wish to gain the respect
of the peple. For that shows
that you are flickle and that is
not good, especially when it
comes to unions and the deal
ings that you must have with the
management. So all of the good
women that is running for office
as committee women remember
these few pointers and you will
gain a lot more respect from
your fellow workers.