Show MRS BERGER WANTS HOUSEWIVES HOUSEWIVES' UNION t ST. ST LOUIS Nov 16 Mrs hs Meta Berger wife Ife of Victor L L. L B Berger of 1 the first Soci Socialist to b be elect elected d to congress con gress gres is not a gate delegate to the convention of the Am American rican Federation of Labor but butis is here because she i a a. Socialist and a suffragist nd attends all public meetIngs meet meet- in Ings s in which her hu husband band has partI part I never ne had an opportunity to be a member of q union Mrs Berger said yesterday but there is one union that I am Coiner oinE to join as soon as as it is or 01 d. d That is the housewives housewives' union Women V omen have social equality with men mennow mennow now and political equality i c coming but butte we te must also have economic equality A housewives housewives' os' os union would b be a a. good means to this end It would do for tor a a. starter tart r anyhow Women om n do not receive the same wages as men simply bec because use they have not fought to be he recognized We have t to fight for tor every everything we e get We e had to fi fight ht for social equality Now we are are- fighting for tor political and economic equality Mrs 1 Berg r is th the first woman ever elected to public office in Milwaukee She is a member of the school scho l board having been elected on the Socialist ticket ticket- |