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The Daily Alaska Empire
Juneau, Juneau County, Alaska
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Paris report on July 7 reveals French women entering colonial public service in areas like hospitals, hygiene, and libraries, used as propaganda in parliament's woman suffrage bill debate to challenge gender traditions.
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PARIS, July 7—Ambitious French women, unable to obtain their "rights" at home, have gone to the colonies where they found no prejudice against entering public service.
This revelation came out in the discussion of a bill in parliament calling for woman suffrage. The work of these women in the countries of hot sun and semi-civilized peoples is being used as propaganda to break the tradition that woman's place is secondary to man's. That tradition is especially hard set in the French senate, which has spiked all efforts to give women a voice in public affairs.
Colonial activities of women who left their homeland have been concentrated on hospital work, hygiene and the raising of maternity standards. One woman created the first colonial library. Another interested herself in the legal status of women and began a movement to raise their social standard.
Groundwork for these accomplishments was laid by wives of commercial men whom business forced to live in the colonies. They were followed by university trained women who thrived in the free atmosphere.
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Colonies
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July 7
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women accomplished hospital work, hygiene improvements, maternity standards raising, first colonial library creation, and movement for women's legal and social status elevation; used as propaganda against woman's secondary place tradition in french senate.
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Ambitious French women, unable to obtain rights at home, went to colonies finding no prejudice against public service entry. Revelation in parliament's woman suffrage bill discussion. Colonial activities concentrated on hospital work, hygiene, maternity standards. One woman created first colonial library. Another advanced women's legal status and social standard. Groundwork by wives of commercial men, followed by university-trained women thriving in free atmosphere.