Women's roles and laws prompt reform across states
Nearly 9 000 women hold stock in Lehigh Valley railroad while Bryn Mawr students boost soccer. the centennial birth of Charlotte Cushman is marked this year. Pennsylvania plans a women reserve corps. Maryland federations push compulsory education. Massachusetts enforces a 54 hour work limit including mental workers. Miss Rose MacDonald notes librarianship implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Bryn Mawr College
Pennsylvania
Maryland State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Rose MacDonald
Women and civic efforts span health and labor news
Items recount various social campaigns and public roles. The text notes federal welfare work on maternal and child health, women fire brigades in Norwich, female tram conductors in Leeds, and the semi centennial Jubilee for Boston's Young Women's Christian Association, plus travel plans by Miss Annie Peck and gifts from Mrs. Finley J. Shepard to railroad workers. It also includes home health tips on bran and oatmeal baths and a humorous exchange about eye care and recipes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau
Washington
Club Women
Pennsylvania
Children's Bureau
Norwich
England
Leeds
Boston
Ladies of
Annie Peck
South America
United States
Finley J. Shepard
Mies
Helen Gould
Tarrytown
Irvington
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Palm Beach
Wosten
Charlotte Cushman
Prince of Wales
Bebb
Flo
Cincinnati Enquirer
Jane
Sharon
Penn
Herald
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Liberty Street
Second National Bank
Desales Glick Real Estate
Baltimore St
Floor
Arnold
Edison Electric Illuminating CO
Liberty St
Cumberland, Md
National Painless Dentists, Inc
N. Potomac St
Hagerstown, Md
Woodward Bide
Maclay
North
Hosier
Maclay Shoe Company
Coats
Tment
Wester
P. O. Box
Rviand
Egi
Mer
Ley
Wits
N. Liberty St
BIG
Ceme
Ledies
Flannbelette Kimonas
Kimonas
Kpp
Deel
Stoy
Miles Iso
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