The question I must raise today is Why? Why in our traditional soci-ety are women treated with such a disadvantage? Why must our edu-cation be limited to domestic skills? Why can’t I own land and have any power? Why must marriage be treated as a necessity and not a choice for me? Why can’t I be con-sidered a “respectable” woman if I don’t fall into the traditional mold?

Many women are wondering the answers to these same questions, but are afraid to speak out. Today, I must raise these issues in order for women to begin to take their place in the industrial society.

I realize that I may be criticized and my views not accepted, but some-one has to speak out and be heard to have rights for women equal to rights for men.

With the new machinery, industries forming and technology on the horizon, why shouldn’t women to able to work, and earn the same pay as men? Why can’t women be in position of power and authority,

outside of the home?

With the beginning of change that is taking place during the Age of Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution, it seems only fair that women have the same rights as men. ? These historical events not only stirred up economic and social changes, but they also found women saying, "Why can't we have the same rights as the guys?, along with other reform movements in the 18th and 19th centuries.

The Industrial Revolution should be the beginning of women's inde-pendence. Even though the condi-tions in factories are hazardous, surely women can do something to earn a living even as a governess, clerk, shop assistant, or servants.

I believe we should start a feminist movement!

Dorthea Jones – a voice for women’s rights!

Special points of interest:

Obituaries

Letter to the Editor

Advertising

News Articles

The Secrecy of Corruption

Women Have Rights TOO!

evidence. This led to the arrest of 348 persons, including Orville E. Babcock.

As Middle Class Americans we cannot let this go by unno-ticed. As we all know, after our Civil War, that cost us so much, the Whiskey Ring was able to raise taxes on liquor and directly affect the wallets of Middle Class Americans. They were able to do this because they had bribed potential discoverers of this unprecedented fraud. This has been the first major instance of corruption that will stain the image of the United States government for years to come.

The once glorified soldier Orville E. Babcock, the man who served our president in the wilderness of war, has been found to be an accomplice to the Whiskey Ring. In a supposed attempt to finance the Republican Party’s, Babcock was indicted on accounts of fraud. As President Grant’s personal secretary Orville was able to reach key congressmen and other important figures in our govern-ment, such as the Treasury Dept., and create strong political connections to the Whiskey Ring, therefore making it virtually unassailable.

In a brave act, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Benjamin H. Bristow uncovered the plot. Keeping his distance from the Treasury Dept. Bristow assigned investigators to gather

Although evidence has been complied against Babcock, he has been acquitted through a deposition on President Grant’s good graces. President Grant plans to keep Babcock in the position of Superintendent of Public Works, and distance him from the White House.

Meredith Orr, Michela Morales, William Sullivan, and Brianna Jolla

The Gilded Age Post June 25,1900

In This Issue:

Propaganda Article: 1

Obituaries: Page 2

Editorial: Page 4

Letter to the Editor: Page 6

Political Cartoons: Page 7

Thomas Alva Edison was born in a small little town, named Milan, Ohio on Feb. 11, 1847 and was laid to rest on Oct. 18, 1931 in West Orange, N.J. at the age of 84. Edison died of de-clining health and old age. Even during his last

two years, he was still inventing and putting his skills to good use. Edison was well known for inventing many things. He invented the light bulb, phonograph, and many genius inven-tions. A phonograph is any sound-reproducing machine using records in the form of cylinders or discs. Light bulbs are a source of illusion that helps us to see in dark

places.

Edison met many peo-

ple who helped him to

invent. For example,

Henry Ford, who was a

business man and in-

ventor. Ford and Edison

met by vacations to-

gether and they were

neighbors in Fort

Meyers, Florida. Edison

also left behind his wife,

Mary Stilwell and chil-

order to learn how to read and write.

When Booker was 16, he left Malden and enrolled in the Hampton Normal and Agricul-tural Institute in Hampton, Vir-ginia, where he worked and paid his way through school. Then he attended the Wayland Seminary in Washington DC from 1878 to 1879. He later returned to Hamp-ton as a teacher.

Booker T. Washington was recommended by the Hamp-ton officials to become the princi-pal of a school in Alabama. He was placed as the principal of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute by the organizers of the Tuskegee normal school in Ala-bama. He became the first African American principal of an educa-tional institution in history.

In 1881, the year after the school started, Booker T. Washington purchased plantation land and the campus extended. Later, it became the campus of Tuskegee University. This univer-sity was made the center of his operations. He believed that the African American community needed to take matters into their

hands and become educated and gain the skills needed to become an important part of the coun-tries workforce.

In 1901, he published his bestseller and flame for the African American community all over the country. The autobiogra-phy was titled Up from Slavery. The same year, President Theo-dore Roosevelt invited him to visit the White house as a guest, which upset many of the white people.

Booker T. Washington had three wives’s, of which he credited for his success. In 1882, he married Fannie N. Smith from Malden, West Virginia. They had one child, and she died in 1884. In 1885, he married Olivia A. David-son who was a teacher at Tuske-gee. They had two sons. She died in 1889. Later in 1893, he mar-ried Margret James Murray. They didn’t have any children and she died in 1925.

Booker T. Washington Obituary

Booker T. Washington was an extraordinary man. He passed on November 14, 1915, in a New York City hospital. He was 58 years old. Causes of death are believed to be high blood pres-sure.

Booker T. Washington was born on April 5, 1856 on the Burroughs Farm in Virginia. He was the son of an African Ameri-can slave woman and a white man. Since his mom was a slave he automatically became one also. The “T” in his name stood for Taliaferro, which was the name of his owner.

In 1865, after becom-ing free, he, his mother, brother John and his sister Amanda, moved to Malden in Kanawha Country in West Virginia. They lived there with their stepfather, who had a last name of Washing-ton. Booker worked alongside his mother at a coal mine as a salt packer. He soon became em-ployed as a houseboy at the house of the owner of the coal mine. He pleased Mrs. Ruffner with his diligence and attention to detail at his work. She then encouraged him to join school in

Thomas Edison Obituary

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“Too many people are

thinking of security

instead of opportunity.

They seem to be more

afraid of life than

death.”

~James F. Bymes~

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Coppell ISD

Never pick your

own seeds again!

Large populations of Irish immigrants are beginning to settle in Wisconsin due the potato famine. The potato is very important to the lives of the Irish. When the famine struck, many of the Irish faced the threat of starvation. The trip to America from Ireland is about eight weeks. The ships that are trans-porting the Irish immigrants are very over-crowded and are disease ridden. Due to ill-nesses and poor conditions on the ship, many of the Irish Immigrants died at sea. Because of the death on the ships, they have now become known as the “coffin ships.”

Many of the Irish Immigrants have settled

in Prairie du Chien, Patch Grove, and Bloom-

ington. Many of the immigrants who have set-

tled in Wisconsin are becoming farmers. The

land that they have decided to settle on has to

be cleared before they can use it for farming.

Irish Immigrants

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Dear Editor,

I am a farmer from New Mexico. The Homestead Act of 1862 is a

hoax! It is not fair! My family and I have been living here for about 6 years

now and just purchased 150 acres of land. We arrived on our new land a cou-

ple weeks ago and it is all dried up. There is no rain here and no fertile soil.

There is no way we can maintain a farm on this type of land! The government

tricked us by telling us that this is a great deal and told us we would be

prosperous. They are wrong. Now my family is struggling.

Please help,

Anonymous

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