Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 January 1919 — Women War Workers Must Be Safeguarded During Reconstruction Period [ARTICLE]

Women War Workers Must Be Safeguarded During Reconstruction Period

By MRS. ROSALIE LOEW WHITNEY

Now that the soldiers are starting home from the front the first effort that should be made in the demobilization of the army of women who have been doing war work is to insure their return either to other work or to domestic life under favorable conditions. There should be no general throwing out of women from the work in which they have been en fe ' , ged, either in the munition or other factories or in the office work at the national capital and other centers. The same splendid military regulations governing the demobilization of the men in the army should govern the demobilization of the woman’s army. My opinion is that women who have gone into business, either for patriotic or economic reasons, will remain in industry of some kind. By this I do not mean they will, in retaining thefr position, exclude the men who have given up those positions for the service of the United States and who will return when peace is established. There will be no sex controversy. The readjustment will work gradually, and as for the women as a whole, there is no fear that they will eschew domestic life. , _ 1 . • The most important duty of women during this period is to help in every way and to watch and make sure that such legislation as will insure the protection of women, as the great foundation of humanity, is passed and properly administered.