Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 243, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 October 1917 — CONCERNING WOMEN [ARTICLE]

CONCERNING WOMEN

Women operate taxicabs in Washington, D. C. Woman letter carriers in France receive 5 francs a day. The new labor party in Roumania is in favor of woman suffrage. Miss Molla Bjurstedt is known as the “iron woman” of tennis. Italy is depending upon-her women to till the soil of that country. The repairing of water meters in Philadelphia is to be done by women. Miss Blrdine Bright, factory inspector for the board of public works in Kansas City, is making a survey of employees of stores, factories, restaurants, offices and other places of business where girls and women are employed, In order to get accurate lists of those who are getting a wage of $8 a week or less.