The White Ribbon: FOR GOD AND HOME AND HUMANITY. Wednesday, February 13, 1907. Woman’s Work in the Home.

White Ribbon, Volume 12, Issue 141, 13 February 1907, Page 7

The White Ribbon: FOR GOD AND HOME AND HUMANITY. Wednesday, February 13, 1907. Woman’s Work in the Home.

Surely, if slowly, is woman coming into her kingdom. Of tliis fact a reminder is given in the adoption by the Board of Governors of Canterbury College of Mr John Studholme’s pro posal to establish a chair of Home Economics. For not withstanding glib phrases concerning the importance of

woman's work and sphere, in actuality no definite standard of value has been attached to the labour of a woman on behalf of home and family. She might order her household to |H*rfection and work her brain to the verge of distraction and her lingers to the bone in the interests of husband and children ; she still rankedasu“ dependent, waßsj)okeii of as being “ supported bv her husband, and could claim only the barest necessities for physical existence. This most practical avowal that the manifold duties connected with the healthful upbringing of the young and the maintenance of order and cleanliness in the home are lit subjects for profound study, will do much towards giving woman in the home her rightful status. Ami while the wife and sister and mother in the home will thus obtain front others recognition f their work and worth, certain it is that woman herself will see an increased dignity and importance in domestic duties and will understand that household responsibilities demand for their right fulfilment careful preparation and study. Thus, apart altogether from the information disseminated through the exertions of the lecturer or professor, the home keeping woman and her work will, through this new departure, gain both in esteem and eiliciency.