To Raise the Standards of LifeBy Gertrude Barnum(American newspaper woman. Speaker and writer in the cause of organized labor.)
By Gertrude Barnum
(American newspaper woman. Speaker and writer in the cause of organized labor.)
The attitude of men toward women, economic, social, political, reacts upon man and society. In recognizing this, the man with the scythe is a length ahead of the man with the cap and gown, the cassock or the check book. The awakening to a sense of the economic interdependence and fellowship of men and women, has made the trade unionist the first to recognize the justice and wisdom of “universal suffrage,” and annually in convention the American Federation of Labor declares:
“That the best interests of labor require the admission of women to full citizenship—not only as a matter of justice to them, but also as a necessary step toward insuring and raising the American standards of life for all.”