Catt Urges Wage Earners For Married Women
Carrie Chapman Catt argues that married women should work and be financially independent. She cites New York figures of tens of thousands supporting husbands and says capable women should be self supporting, teaching boys household duties for future parity.
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Carrie Chapman Catt
Ais
Catt
New York
Stroman
The Merchant Princess
Amanda Riddle profiles Mrs. Charles Netcher of Chicago a widow with four children who rose from a cloak department clerk to head of a major department store. She manages a large estate after her husband’s 1904 death and carries life insurance totaling 1 000 000. She starts the day early works daily nine thirty to six and prioritizes work over social life with a strict hands on approach across all departments.
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Alice Paul
New Jersey
Holloway
England
Miss Paul
Swartsmore College
London
Trene Lartes
Elonk
Chicago
Orst
Cupid
Charles Netcher
Marrie
Netcher
Drexel Boulevard
State
Srnxer Be
Amanda Riddle
Honors For Chicago Women In Foreign Decorations
Chicago women receive foreign honors. Mrs. Potter Palmer joins the Legion of Honor of France and the Order of Leopold of Belgium. Mrs. Ellen M. Henrotin is decorated four times and holds multiple academic and public service titles in France Belgium and Turkey. Mrs. Henry Channon and Mrs. M. H. Knowles are honored by France.
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Chicago
Potter Palmer
Legion of Honor
France
Order of Leopold
Belgium
Ellen M. Henrotin
Public Instruction
Turkey
Henry Channon
M. H. Knowles
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Otto Heidemann
Washington
Ais. Heidemann
Uoracsus
Yale
SRS
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J. Irwin
Hummelstown, Pa