Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 157, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1918 — More’s Capable Daughter. [ARTICLE]

More’s Capable Daughter.

The demand that women shall be paid men’s wages for men’s work may represent a desire for justice rather than a desire for gain; but money fairly earned is sweet to the hand and heart. “An open field, an even start, no handicap, no favors and the same goal for all.” Which reminds us that Sir Thomas More had a clearer perception of the value of woman’s work and a finer sense of justice than some of his sex possess. “My Meg Is better unto me than ten sons,” he said, “and it maketh no difference at harvest time whether the corn were put into the ground by a. man dr a woman.”— Agnes Reppfier in Atlantic Monthly.