Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 June 1901 — Rural Women Read and Debate. [ARTICLE]

Rural Women Read and Debate.

The Daughters of Ceres is a society in lowa comprised of women who live on farms, but who have the prevailing “jining” instinct. Some of the wives and daughters of the farmers are said to drive over twelve miles to attend the meetings, which are held semimonthly. A system of traveling libraries among the various branches has been founded, and debates on social an economic questions, with their especial relation to a rural population, are frequently held.