Show Athenaeum n I Members rs Hear Interesting Int Talk lk L No matter how hard ha a man m n may thay ay labor some woman Is Always In te background of his G. O. J. J F. F ther- ther ton The Womans Woman's W mans man's Athenaeum met Monday Monda evening at 8 B pm p.m. Mrs orge orge presided The March 6 V Dimes com corn committee was remembered w with v th a donation from the club Mrs Clements Hansen gave an Interesting paper on Woman as a Force In History Woman the un un- unpredictable unpredictable un- un unpredictable predictable the but down through the ages woman has made her influence felt August great I Swedish poet and fierce antifeminist made the astounding statement nt that he disbelieved in the female sex of the queen of the bees He believed this ruler of ot the beehive was Vas va really a king be because be- be cause causo nature could not be so foolish as asto asto asto to place a female at the top bf or any I society This funny Idea of a genius Is but the caricature of a Current belief shared by most men and by many women omen around the world That man Is the natural leader of human l um n society while it Is the destiny to accept this fact as If it 1 It w were Vete ie the law of nature n ture During the prehistoric age age the leader leader- leadership leadership leadership ship of the family tribe and state lay firmly in the hands of or women Men had Just to obey and on occasion fight In Inthe ini inthe i the tho service of or the matriarchs These i dominant women chose from their war war- warriors warI not husbands but fathers for their I children and the men never became members of their clan I Alter After man had overthrown the matri- matri matriarchy i I archy he seems to have been afraid to toI place place political power in the hands of or I women excluding them from legislative administrative and Judicial functions But while secondary Jobs were barred to I women the most important the throne remained accessible This This' paradox may maybe mayI maybe be traced to traditions rooted in matri matri- matriarch archy arch At any rate rat It gave opportunity I to women to disprove the myth that politics is for man alone In the last I four hundred years among the ruling queens of England 50 per cent were great and glorious rulers while among II I the male rulers this percentage drops below 20 I None Nene of the great war makers was a a. woman Since the earliest records of or history we find women warriors fighting I for defence or liberation of their own countries never for conquest Cleopatra j I I fought to defend Egypt against Roman imperialism Isabella of at Spain expelled the Moorish Invaders Jeanne d' d Arc de defended de- de defended defended fended her beloved FranCe Frante Queens love peace because women love peace The male Instinct for fighting and killing contrasts at Its very roots roots with the fe female fe- fe female Z e male instinct of giving raising and pro pro- protecting protecting protecting life e. e Women think in terms of saving rather than In terms of robbery I preferring pre to develop resources rather i than seek conquests Our Latin Amerl- Amerl can sisters are doing what was un- un unI undreamed I dreamed of at a few years ago In Mexico the Revolution of 1917 recognized the j II I rights of women Liberal laws were pass- pass passI passed passed I ed In their favor but public opinion is 15 j- j almost aw s a Jaw and anderWon erWon her women ll still have to fight for freedom of or i I I In recent years women In various political activities have proved equals to men Miss Perkins as Secretary of Labor i Miss one of or Russia's outstanding I I lag ing diplomats The Influence of or the Soong I sisters In China like Uke Mrs Roose Roose- Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt velt In the United States have acquired I i and competently used an Influence i I amounting to very real political power In the congressional and Journalistic fields women have done well and who would dare call caU them Inferior to their male colleagues As the International Assembly of or Women which met in October 1946 in the village of South Kortright New York progressed the I delegates were most often asked What will come come of it all The answer most often made was was' that if nothing more enduring than the warm friendships made the sense of or unity and a passion passion- passionate ate desire for world peace In bringing together women from more than fifty nations who a year ago were at war with each other that alone could be trusted to produce somewhere somehow sometime practical results The over-all over topic from the assembly was What kind of political and economic world arc are we living In What kind of or social spiritual and moral order should we strive to achieve and many others Something I enduring Indeed should result summed up saying I Ij II I Mrs Hansen of en en- endeavor enI endeavor j I could go on through all fields deavor and we wre see that history of today I in its formative stage will have a good share of or women to thank for clear I thinking and charting the course of or Im 1111 Important events evento I The preparations for the Athenaeums Athenaeum's I Golden Jubilee are e making speed e slowly M. 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