Astounding Changes in Legal Rights for Women, Aapril 24, 1926

The talk in chapel Wednesday concerning the rapidly increasing privileges of women was inductive of considerable thought, because the development shown is not confined to North Carolina, but finds a parallel in every other state. Astounding changes have been made in the legal rights of women, and every years, they approach more nearly the rights of men. This is a cause for thankfulness, but it is also a stimulus for thought. Every privilege involves an equal responsibility. As woman secures the right to vote, she incurs the duty to vote; and it is no light inconsequential responsibility but a real share in the welfare of the nation. Women then must be prepared, and college women in particular, for theirs is the task of leading the women of America and of teaching the children right principles and high ideals. Every college woman should seriously consider this subject before she graduates, and make up her mind to take over her share of the responsibility as soon as she becomes a voting citizen.

From the editorial page of The Salemite, Winston-Salem, N.C., April 24, 1926

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