Ogden Morning Examiner | 1909-06-20 | Page 5 | Winning a Higher Place for Women

WINNING A HIGHER PLACE FOR WOMEN No one begrudges Wilbur and anti Or Orville Orvllle ville Wright their popularity They arc unpretentious u and thoroughly I good But they have a sister upon whom much of the tho glory of building an nn aeroplane must be bo bestowed ft It Itis t Is related by an acquaintance n of the family that Catherine Cathorine Wright a school teacher at Dayton Ohio and only sister of the boys bO 5 did the ma mathematical mathematical work which proved to her brothers that the weight of oC a man could be sustained by an nn aeroplane and she joined with Wilbur and Or In bringing to a successful con Colt conclusion conclusion elusion their efforts to fly through the tho air When the Wright brothers wore in i Dayton last week the sister shared with them the honors shown by b their Ulel town people This Is added a ded evidence that with opportunity the tho women can cnn win din dis distinction In even those lines of en endeavor endeavor endeavor deavor supposed to be reserved for formans mans activity We rejoice that tho the field of useful usefulness usefulness ness is broadening for women There was a time lime not long ago when a girl or woman degraded herself If Ii she he at attempted attemPted I tempted anything ng toward gaining a n livelihood except by washing or iron ironIng lug Ing serving as a domestic or sewing Tn In those days a widow with a family of girls was forced by custom to be become become become come a dependent or send her daugh daughters daughters tens to the kitchens of the Thanks s to the enlightenment and liberality of oC the ago age the girls can remain at home and an go out to one onehundred onehundred onehundred hundred different avenues of oC employ employment employment ment meat now open to womanhood We Ve Te rejoice every Ocr time lime a now vic victory tory is won by the women tending to place them on an equality with men In gaining a livelihood I