Show Ruth Rut Millett Says- Says i Pampered Americans Need Pioneer Spirit They call caU us the most pampered women in the world It is true much of our breaking back-breaking work is done by machines ma ma- chines Our smooth white hands and the young look we carry beyond real youth testify to that It is true our men take good care of us Even when they are arc gone one the money they spent a lifetime earning protects us Women own most of the country's wealth because it has been left to them by men They say we are spoiled that we wc are good t 1 for nothing but to look pretty and to rule over overt t our households like petty tyrants But the next few years may prove them wrong We may show them our them our European detractors that detractors that we arent aren't deeply spoiled that underneath we are as strong as self reliant as ready to carry a heavy load as were Americas America's Americas America's Americas Amer Amer- ica's pioneer women whose work and courage S and tenacity helped turn a wilderness into a democracy Ruth Few of us doubt that there are hard and serious times ahead How hard we only can guess But hard enough surely so that if we weare weare are to play playas as gallant a role as those pioneer women played we must find new strength We wc must prove that being pampered has not really weakened weakened weak weak- ened us prove that a few generations of comfort and security have ha not changed us fundamentally We must prove that we are made of the same tough fiber as the women who helped their men settle the land that was K to be and be-and and has always been been been-a a place where those who value freedom can enjoy it it We must find again the essential strength th for work and sacrifice the toughness of character that will take us through whatever is in store for us a We will find it |