Show THE STATUS OF WOMEN the world to is beginning to accord to woran woman a higher status in it let us hope she be will appreciate the concession and educate herself up to the standard of political and nd social eminence to which she CADA calif she will attain man when he finds that woman has baa fitted herself by study audy and observation to stand shoulder to shoulder with him will not dot hesitate long about elevating her to that position the majority of women have been taught to believe that their only destiny to Is to be wives and mothers and their education for other spheres has been neglected accordingly having been trained for that they have leaned upon their ours oars and rested there after they marry their bus bande many of them at least encourage and foster the idea tradition warrants them in so doing but it is ia a relic of barbaric and semi barbaric ages and must be eradicated as many other ancient ideas and sophistries sophis tries have been they will die a natural death but not a premature one by any means old age will send them to the grave and consign them to oblivion while the world will wonder why permitted to exist so long and shock our sensibilities with their imbecility those who make the assertion that W oman omans s sphere is only to be a wife and mother and that she ought not to go out in the great world of kocien science e art politics or reli religion gloy geem seem ta foia forgea that if the majority of women are to be wives and mathers bers the majority of meu men must be husbands and fathers father how ridiculous busand and unreasonable it would be to say that men must devote themselves solely to their paternal duties that they must not fit themselves for any other position or occupation why it wo would uld be like asking this old world not to turn upon its axis or the moon to stand still JD in its orbit history ecclesiastical and secular furnishes numerous I 1 instances na of women who were wives and mothers and at the same time patriots and teachers devoted in their love of country firm in their religious faith zealous and steadfast in good works helpmeets help meets and encourage re of their husbands in their struggles for freedom whether political or religious physically man is stronger than woman but not braver or hardier woman endures irritations privations and hardships to which abic man dpn would succumb and that too for histake bis his sake mentally she to is his equal fashion and the lack jack 0 of f a higher standard of education are in fault when she is found not to be man mans a equal in mental capacity happily the means for obtaining education in every form requisite for her to have in order that she abre may occupy the position assigned to her in eden is now within her reach thousands are availing themselves of the privilege accorded them in our academies colleges college sand and universities but sherela there is still a higher standard needed which those noble seats of learning cannot bestow this to is a subject to which another article must be devoted M A Y greenhalgh |