Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 133, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 June 1917 — ACTIVITIES OF WOMEN [ARTICLE]

ACTIVITIES OF WOMEN

Women have been voting In the Unltted States for the past 40 years, Female schoolteachers in Boston have won the first step in the fight to give them equal salaries with the men. Miss Antoinette Taylor of St. Louis has just come into possession of a table that was once the property of John Hancock. Under the provisions of. the bill passed by the New York senate,, woman printers will be permitted to work at night. The New York legislature has passed a bill establishing a six-day, 54hour week for women employed in restaurants. Two sisters —Jennie and Blanche L;iinl>—hiive the distinction of being the oiiiy woman homesteaders in Ventura county; Cal., who are making good. Last year they cleared over $l,lOO fronj their land, and expect to double the amount this year.