Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1880 — The Sphere of Woman. [ARTICLE]

The Sphere of Woman.

As republican institutions continue to gain ground, women appear more conspicuous in the remodeling influences of civilization. - e She whoee presence in this briery world is as a lily among thorns, whoee smile is pleasant, like the light of morning, and whoee eye is the gate of heaven; she whom Nature so reveres that the lovely value of her spirit is the best terrestrial emblem of beauty, ceases to command armies or sit upon imperial thrones. But the world bows in homage to her sceptre of forbearance and love. The progress of liberty owes much to her self-sacrifice and devotion. It has also redeemed her into the possession of her nataze. has made her not man’s slave, but his companion, his counselor and fellow martyr; has rffted her to domestic equality, and demands for her the same privileges in political affairs. Although -many of the avenues of public life are closed against her, she is demonstrating her worthiness to fill a wider sphere of usefulness than she has ever occupied. Truth in its purity finds no more honest or industrious interpreter. —Bancroft.