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Show BIRTHDAYS OF EMINENT WOMEN. (From tho Boston Transcript.) The movement Just Inaugurated by some women's societies to observe throughout the country the birthdays of eminent women might appropriately bo made a general one. It Is one of the first steps taken toward proper recognition recogni-tion of the work done by women In forming und making our country and upholding Its ideals. A well known educator, a gentleman and a scholar, has recently been calling attention to the Inadequate representation of women wom-en ln the histories used as text-books in the public schools. Whether the reason rea-son for this lies, as Is claimed, In the fact that men are the authors of the histories, or Is based on a deeper cause, tho fact is certainly patent to everyone every-one that public recognition of women's worth and work on a plane with that accorded to men has been scanty and meager. |