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Show Woman's Worst Enemies Are Her Sisters By RUTH MIIXETT There la nothing new In a woman's ualng her brains. This la a man's world only In so far as woman hands It over to him. That viewpoint was stressed by Mrs. Charles A. Beard, author of "On Understanding Womenand We,' the Women coauthor with her husband of "The Rise of American Civilization,' speaking before the Oberlin college -alumnae gathered in New York to celebrate what they thought was the centennary of the beginning of coeducation. co-education. That la, they thought it, until Mrs. Beard told them that the Greeks recognised women had brains and let them ait In classes with men, though the Greeks may not have had a name for coeducation. coeduca-tion. Women In History Mrs. Beard reminded the alumnae that Isabella who seems to have been the Hitler of her day did a great deal more than Ferdinand to make Spain. That three women were responsible for France's importance as a nation. And that "Elizabeth The one real trouble with us today, to-day, Mrs. Beard feels, is that we talk about this being a man's world. We aren't aware of our own role through the ages, thinking ourselves the subjected sex. Another woman voire aimilnr Idea, Catharine Filene Shouse, author au-thor of "Careers for Women." She pictures women as attaining whatever what-ever they set out to gain, and if there are barriers In their way they weren't put there by men but by the women themselves, who have not crowded in as much as they might have. No Cooperation Neither Mrs. Beard nor Mrs. Shouse mentioned, though you and I both know it'a true, that one of our eelf-raised barriers is lack of fellowship and loyalty among ourselves. our-selves. Instead of singing the praises of a woman who succeeds we are more often Inclined to find fault with her. Attempt to tear down the worth of whatever aha had built by petty criticisms. We make fun of her hats: say that she is "bossy"; or what a ahame it is she doesn't stay at boms and look after her children. ' Then, too, we women usually give all of our business to men. And we call on them for professional services. ser-vices. If women want the kind of success suc-cess men have today, they will have to stick by each other. But that Is almost too much to expect. Since the first triangle, woman haa regarded re-garded woman as her natural enemy. |