Emery County Progress | 1905-02-25 | Page 3 | Women Slaves in Palestine

WOMEN SLAVES IN PALESTINE gentle sex nothing but part of the household chattels in palestine the mother of men Is the servant of men being a part of the household chattels she Is sold for as large a sum AS her father can ex tort from the prospective bridegroom she Is a thing a piece of goods the father of a firstborn first born son proudly calls himself after the boy s name but his girl babe Is not reckoned among his children her infant shoulders learn to bear the burdens her little feet pat ter their way ay to the fountain even from from the moment their tiny strength can support the vi weight eight of a jar her whole life is one of grinding baking fetching water waiting alting upon others at twelve she is sold into married service growing old in middle life she may see herself supplanted by a lounger wife often being robbed of her sons by the military conscription and finally she is put away anay as the last breath Is leaving her body cor win kaapp linson in the tan magazine