The Companion MotherBy Ida Tarbell(From “The Business of Being a Woman.”)
By Ida Tarbell
(From “The Business of Being a Woman.”)
A woman never lived who did all she might have done to open the mind of her child for its great adventure. It is an exhaustless task. The woman who sees it knows she has need of all the education the college can give, all the experience and culture she can gather. She knows that the fuller her individual life, the broader her interests, the better for the child. She should be a better person in their eyes. The real service of the “higher education,”—the freedom totake part in whatever interests or stimulates her—lies in the fact that it fits her intellectually to be a companion worthy of a child.