Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1896 — Wise Women Marry Late. [ARTICLE]

Wise Women Marry Late.

The strides which the movement among American women to secure for themselves an independent livelihood has made during the last two or three decades are simply astounding. Nothing can illustrate this better than the following figures, which have reference to the number of women in the United States in each profession in 1890, the figures in parentheses being the corresponding figures for 1870. In 1890 there Were 4,455 female doctors (527); 337 female dentists (24); 240 female lawyers (5); 1,235 female preachers (67'; 180 female engineers and land surveyors (none); 25 female architects (1); 11.000 female painters and sculptors (412); 3,000 female authors (159); 888 female journalists (35); 34,518 female musicians (5,735); 3,949 actresses (092); 034 female theatrical managers (100); 21,185 female shorthand writers (7); 64,048 female clerks, secretaries, etc., (8,106); 27,777 female book-keepers (none). Last year 1,805 women visited the universities, of whom 34 left them as fully trained doctors, and about a dozen respectively as lawyers, preachers and journalists. Of the above 1,805 female students 28.2 per cent, have married. American women, however, do not, as a rule, marry till they have Completed their twentieth year, and of these 1,805 as many as 887 were still under 20 years. Of women who hold diplomas as doctors, between 25 and 30 years, only 32 per cent, marry; of those between 30 and 35 years, the percentage of those who marry has risen to 43.7 per cent.; of 'those between 35 and 40, to 49 per cent.; and of those above 40 years, to 54.5 per cent. From this it becomes evident that women who have frequented universities, at least in America, marry much later than others. It is perhaps a natural result of this circumstance that divorces are virtually a thing unknown among these late marrying women students.—New York Press.