Show being of economic importance HIHI 1 iiii 11 H by JEAN NEWTON 1 I H 11 II 1 I 1 H 1 1 1 1 A ury prominent woman executive recently made a statement ot great significance which because of her own important position was reported la newspapers all over the country as an almost official announcement on the position of women today she eald that industry which has always been a mans world Is now adapting itself to women that far from keeping women out as they used to employers are now even adapting their plants to labor demands in other words women have now become a vital factor in industry this decreasing of woman we aie told has given her a greater purchasing power than that exercised when she was solely a housewife and this reorganization of has made the home tesa im por tant in the life of women today it Is that conclusion that Is so alcant followed as it Is by this frank declaration the home as an economic institution has passed out of our lives girls no longer find enough to do in the home and must go out of it it they are to be of any economic importance whatever with that I 1 take direct issue I 1 feel that as long as civilization remains as it Is as long as we have children and families the home can never be less important it must always be of paramount importance I 1 believe that the trouble with the home tor the alert modern girl who wants to retain her personality and grow as an individual Is not that she does not find enough to do in the home but rather that she Is in danger of finding too much to do that Is that ahe needs outside interests to keep her from becoming suppressed by the home I 1 am the last person in the world to minimize the importance of these outside interests or to object to outside work for which she may feel a need cut when such work Is an all day job for a woman with growing ahll dren when it means that her home has become unimportant in her life then I 1 think it Is too bad in fact I 1 enow it incidentally the combination Is a great deal for the nervous system of any one woman but particularly ticul arly the objection Is on behalf of the husband and those children whose home has been said by a woman indus to be unimportant it Is simple to answer the declaration la that we must get out of the home if we are to be of economic am assuming that U Is vital to you to be of economic importance by pointing out that a woman who brings up children to live up to the best in them and be good citizens can hardly be said to be no economic importance 0 ifft bell syndicate |