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every walk in life, if we can get the influence of 

 women with us." 



We women, on the other hand, fully appreciate 

 how many things there are that man alone can do, 

 but so candid an acknowledgment does not prevent 

 the certainty that in the discussion of most public 

 questions concerning men and women workers, 

 more especially those that deal with education, 

 women should be and in many cases are welcomed 

 by men, for the views of both are essential to a just 

 and wise decision. There is one thing that a man 

 cannot make for himself, and that is a home, and here 

 again, in all that bears upon the family, its up- 

 bringing, food, clothing, housing, and social condi- 

 tions, it is the woman who bears the heavier burden 

 and therefore she can best help to decide about 

 such matters. 



The women of Canada have for a long time been 

 in the forefront of advancement, and probably 

 they owe much of their calm, non-hysterical way 

 of dealing with public questions to the teaching of 

 Mme. Peltrie and others, who, sacrificing their 

 happy homes, gave up all to go out to Canada, in 

 order to train and educate young settlers of the 

 Colony. The forethought and resourcefulness of 

 these pioneers were transmitted to those who fol- 

 lowed after them, advantages which together with 

 the simple social conditions that prevail where people 

 live by the work of hands and brain, free from the 

 over-engrossing distractions that luxury brings in 

 its train, have helped to evolve modern Canadian 

 women. 



Marked progress was made by them about fifty 



