Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 March 1915 — Activities of Women. [ARTICLE]

Activities of Women.

New York city is to have a house of detention for women. Oregon has three woman lumber dealers and two female carpenters. Philadelphia has over 20,000 females employed in clerical positions. Scores of distinguished women attended the recent sessions of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, ’held In Philadelphia. Madam Bakhemeteff, wife of the Russian ambassador to the United States, has one of the finest collections of jewels Inthe world. Twenty-four per cent of nearly six million women and children employed In stores, laundries, factories and telephone exchanges in New Orleans re* celve an average wage of les* than four dollars per week.