Salt Lake Herald | 1909-03-07 | Page 19 | Twenty Women Soldiers of the World

Twenty wenty Women Soldiers of the World I Suffragettes may point with pride to tue fact II t that one of their earliest and staunchest champions was the great Athenian philosopher Plato In his Republic he lie laments the fact that women wom n gave gae so much time to domestic duties which were often servile He contended conte ded that if girls were given I Ithe the same training in sports and gymnasium imn slum games as boys bos they would soon rival their brothers not only onlIn in point of ot physical endurance but would make equally as good soldiers and would be fully capable to take of fleets or of ot field forces This would appear a broad statement were it to come even oven from the lips of one of our suffragettes gettes gotte l How much more startling then when we remember that Plato lived and expounded his philosophies in the fourth century B C And history tells us that mere man was just as skeptical Ural in those days as to the wisdom om f allowing women equal privileges as aslie ashe ashe he lie himself enjoyed as he is today and that Plato got himself in bad odor temporarily tem temporarily temporarily for advancing such wild and impractical theories for they did not take ag al i kindly to this as to his other teachings holding no doubt that a wo womans womans womans mans sphere was her home where she should stay and mind her knitting and andl andler l her ler er only weapons should hould 1 be her tongue her tears and the broomstick To verify this sweeping assertion of or orthis this wise old pagan we have only to scan the pages of the worlds history Every century and every notions nations re records records records cords the heroic deeds of Its women soldiers sol soldiers diers Hundreds of them have given their lives for their country Many Ian of them donned masculine attire enlisted In n the ranks rank their sex being undiscovered undiscovered ered until they were ere wounded or slain others by their coolness and daring at attracted attracted attracted attention of their superior om officers omers officers cers ers and received promotions And as asin asIn asin in the American revolution Mexican and late civil war ar some same received recognition nUlon for their services from congress congressWomen congressWomen congressWomen Women soldiers were a thorn in the side of the Roman emperors who from time to tune time marched against them and several of the Roman generals freely fr acknowledged that they the were a power to be reckoned with It was waa left however to a It Christian woman soldier to bring these haughty to her feet to sue for peace