| Show nothing Ap appealing paling in soviet idea of taking women out of kitchen A young communist newspaper in russia recently featured a photograph of four girls in red and short skirts carrying carryl nc miners lamps they were members of a shock brigade in a soviet coal mine and above the picture was printed in large type work in the soviet dovlet 11 we knew of course that in russia women were working as bricklayers motormen rao soldiers and militiamen lamin as well as in many physically exacting factory jobs now the coal mines the employment of women there the rei Is martof part of the communist campaign n to get women out of the kitchen meaning the home but if there Is anything more edifying about the coal pit th than anthe the kitch kitchen enit it has yet to be shown says one of the most noted women twomey writers some of ray my readers may thrill ito to this proof that women can do any kind hind of mens work personally I 1 do not vor for my part I 1 see nothing thrilling or inspiring in the spectacle of men laboring in the bo bowels of the earth to dig out coal the thought of lot women doing it affects me less agreeably then I 1 have never been an exponent of that great human sport which might bo be called fooling gilr ourselves and for women to compete with men on a basis of brute s strength seems to me so BO obviously trying to fool ourselves the claim that women can do everything as well as men will never have my vote but 1 I believe they can do da a good many things better than men home malting making education sociology certain kinds of literature science and art opeil open to them fields in which the feminine understanding can offer something that men donot do not have to give and naturally working in id these fields where they I 1 have something exceptional to offer must bring them the highest form of self espres sion what a pity that a whole national dional culture should be devoted to stamping ai or crushing out this uniqueness in the flit creative ability of w women and making them simply it a p poor 0 or imitation of men and we have not mentioned the lose to the family I 1 bell Syd syndicate late anti S evl |
