Note 826 — Chapter XVIII · PROBLEMS OF MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY (continued 2)

The hardships which women as well as men endure under the present industrial conditions have little connection with their economic emancipation. "What some call a woman's movement for industrial liberty is not quite what it is claimed to be. It is largely an incident in the movement of property, which is seeking its own ends, caring very little for either sex or age. In order to find an easier place under the common industrial yoke that rests upon the neck of every individual, women seek more and more employments. But it is not so much womanhood as it is property that is the real impelling cause."—Dike, "Problems of the Family," Century, XXXIX, 392. Cf. Legouvé, Hist. morale des femmes, 366-90; Graffenried, "The Condition of Wage-Earning Women," Forum, XV, 68 ff.; Edson, "American Life and Physical Deterioration," North Am. Rev., CLVII, 440 ff., referring to the alleged evil effects of woman's new activities; Dilke, "Industrial Position of Women," Fort. Rev., LIV, 499 ff., discussing the condition of factory workers; Phillipps, "The Working Lady in London," ibid., LII, 193 ff.; Bremner, "The Financial Dependence of Women," North Am. Rev., CLVIII, 382 ff., protesting against regarding the economic "dependence of the wife as degradation;" and Collet, "Official Statistics on the Employment of Women," Jour. of the Stat. Soc., LXI, 216-60. Mrs. Mill, "Enfranchisement of Women," Dissertation, III, 109 ff., effectually disposes of the objection based on the alleged effects of woman's industrial competition with men. Cf. the elaborate discussion of Bebel, Die Frau und der Sozialismus, 202 ff.