Show Pay Envelope For Women V Is Discussed By fly 1 HELEN Man cannot live Jive by bread alone alonea a Great Teacher once observed i However he be cannot live without it It either and since It must be bo purchased purchased pur pus chased from front the community oven manna long Jong since having ceased its descent front from the fruitful skies skies- It becomes become imperative that he have something with which to purchase it Therefore the problem of obtainIng obtaining ob oh- tuning adequate wages in this age when women work outside the home Is b as vital to women as to m men n. n Here Hert then Is one of the Issues which the women of ot 1936 1939 must face One hundred years ago If It she had hac no income outside the household money given her by her husband or father she had no responsibilities ties Ues either But today today- Eudora Ramsay Richardsons Richardson's re recent recent recent re- re cent book The Influence of Men Men Men- incurable provides an interesting might insight into womans woman's economic status The National Federation of ot Business and Professional Women's Worn Wom ens en's Clubs Club in cooperation with BrynMawr Bryn BrynMawr BrynMawr Mawr college made a survey showing that per cent of those canvassed were taking care of de- de indents Older women had the heavier leavier load Two thirds of ot these former Byrn Mawr Yr a women were single ingle as against sixth one-sixth who were married and sixth one-sixth who were widows Of Ot the single women women wom worn en 60 per cent had bad dependents of oi the married women 70 per cent of the widows 70 per cent i Must Support Dependents She has bas only herself to support She's a woman That's why she shouldn't get as u much money as a aman aman aman man with a wife and children the plea goes forth from masculine cir dr cles des Very well Following that line Une of reasoning salaries should be paid according to o the number of ot dependents whether er the wage earner is a man or woman not according to ability and Income earned Yet Yet let let any bachelor bachelor bachelor bach bach- elor approve a cut merely because he be didn't marry However if It the matter of dependents dependent does enter surely woman deserves a break with willi man S SAn An unmarried daughter statistics show must bear her share of ot household household house- house hold expenses much more often otten than an unmarried son on He you see aee may be saving for tor marriage Nobody Nobody Nobody No No- body thinks thinks- that sh she may have herself herself herself her her- self to support until she she- rolls into a comfortable green grave I The womans woman's bureau of ot the United Unit ed States department of ot labor conducted conducted conducted con con- ducted an industrial study which reveals that 75 per cent of the daughters against 50 per cent of he the Ions sons contribute 60 50 per cent of their heir earnings to family support while per cent of ot the daughters and md 35 33 pet per percent cent of ot the sons eons gave th their r complete earn earnings ng The me women received the lower salaries throughout on the assumption ion tion that men not women are pro pro- If It woman earns as much money as as' man she deserves to re receive receive re- re it The womans woman's bureau continuing with Mrs Richardsons Richardson's s survey tirey found that of gainfully employed cm- cm doyed married women 21 per percent cent centI I were vere the sole breadwinners of f their families 49 per cent were one of two wo breadwinners and 30 per cent assisted materially This then is an unpleasant lem em but one which women must face Either our V responsibilities must be lessened or we must re receive receive receive re- re equal rates for tor equal services We Ve have our ourselves elves to blame for the present resent predicament Wo We have havo offered offered of- of ered to work at lower levels le of salaries Employers have given employment employment em- em to women because of ot this fact act We will be out of jobs if It we object women may say Men oren will take talce them from us That then is the problem Whether to run the risk rak of losing them and thus b becoming dependent on man man or or the charities or charities or to go goon goon goon on being undervalued that is the question V For a long long Jong time Ume in human history woman was recorded a as a necessary adjunct to man Now she stands as a personality who pays her way as al she he goes She has a aright aright aright right to equal money for tor carfare |