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Marietta Daily Leader
Marietta, Washington County, Ohio
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Vienna's Postal Employees' Association voted on Sunday to exclude women from membership by removing a constitutional clause, due to general hostility toward women; female employees expressed indignation over the 'brutal and selfish' action.
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Vienna Postal Employes' Association Bars Them from Membership.
At a meeting of the Postal Employes' association on Sunday at Vienna it was voted to strike out a clause in the constitution admitting women to the organization as contributing members. For this step no particular reasons are advanced except a general hostility to the sex. One speaker declared that "women would constitute a most dangerous element in the union, and if given a finger would finally take the whole."
Much indignation is felt among the female employes of the postal department for this action, which they declare brutal and selfish.
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Vienna
Event Date
On Sunday
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clause struck out excluding women from membership; indignation among female employees
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At a meeting of the Postal Employes' association on Sunday at Vienna it was voted to strike out a clause in the constitution admitting women to the organization as contributing members. For this step no particular reasons are advanced except a general hostility to the sex. One speaker declared that "women would constitute a most dangerous element in the union, and if given a finger would finally take the whole." Much indignation is felt among the female employes of the postal department for this action, which they declare brutal and selfish.