Show comai s place in home well not absolutes Absolu absolutely tel those who seek to refute mans contention that the itlie place of women Is in the home have plenty of arguments to present today they can say that thorf thirty eight per cent of the of income reported to the federal governa government ent in 1028 1928 was received by women seventy seven thousand women had nn an annual income of over the average being of the stockholders in the united unite d states are women women are beneficiaries of SO 80 per cent of life insurance outstanding women represent 80 per cent of consumer buying power before the depression the average weekly salary of professional and business women in new york city was 58 these facts about women were gathered in a research project undertaken by mary sydney branch instructor tor in economics fit at western college oxford ohio and fellow at the university of chicago for the chi achl omega sorority her der findings with complete batig reports were published by the university of chicago press under the title women and wealth miss branch in presenting her study of women as taxpayers owners of property gainfully employed workers and its as ina managers of the family income briefly traced the progress of rights and economic position several generations ago slie she said a womans comans economic position before the law was little better than that of a child a slave or a lutia lunatic tic single women hold office and married women manage their own property properly even today miss branch related some legal discriminations still romain remain in 27 states the right of jury service Is withheld in three states the husband can take his cifes wages and in some states it a woman cannot go into business without consent of her husband some borne of the other facts in women and wealth in agoo representative illinois factories women earned CO 59 per cent of the wage paid to men in new york state it was 54 per cent ot of women over A fifteen teen years of age gainfully employed in 1 1030 1930 per cen married the average weekly salary paid to women factory workers in mississippi in 1028 was and in island 1030 miss branch concluded her he study restudy with the prediction that the economic status of women will continue to improve that legal discrimination against women will cease and that perhaps the increased expenditure of all wealth by women will contribute toward building a better social and economic order |