Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 April 1917 — Government Must Know What Each Woman Can Do Best in an Emergency [ARTICLE]

Government Must Know What Each Woman Can Do Best in an Emergency

By MISS ALICE HILL CHITTENDEN

Preiident New York Stale Anociation Oppoaed to Woman Suffrage

All women of the United States should be registered by the government. Some of us can do one thing best, some another. Ihe government thould know, in detail, in case of emergency. are ready to be called upon, Ix 4 each of us take up the work in which we are most proficient. There is no need of our repeating in this country the mistake l.ng land found she had made at the beginning of thejwar. They_ngedgd women for hundreds of different purposes, and quickly. They found that nurses only were registered. Some can drive automobiles. Some are more useful in clerical work. Others have a knack for machinery, which, if properly directed, would make them invaluable in factories. Aet others can nurse experth. Others have the executive faculty. Still others have the peculiar quick-thmking powers and the quick-moving powers that would give them their greatest efficiency as messengers. There is scarcely a field in which a woman cannot be of great use if you know just what she can do best and takes the greatest interest in. Preparedness is not a new idea to us as an organization. We American women, representing all classes, are active in all sections of the country. As a .body we have from the beginning been strong advocates of woman preparedness. It is fully in line with our policy and our ideals to stand back of our men and help them in whatever way we can.