Women's Life - 1899

As you may know, I dabble in genealogy and as a result, review many old newspaper throughout the midwest. This was found in the Allen County (Ohio) Democrat - 1899 taken from Women's Life.

Why it is absolutely necessary for Women to come in frequent contact with others..

If a woman is to protect herself from the ravages of worry, and to retain her youth for a longer period, she must come into more frequent contact with other people - as her husband does - and read good books; she must relieve the monotony of her duties and the limiting influence of confinement within four walls by taking outdoor exercise --a walk every day, or a spin on the bicyle; in short, she must exercise the body and mind in a healthful manner, and she will find the bloom of youth and health remain with her for years after it has faded in other women of the same age.

"The ordinary woman," says a celebrated physician, "leads such a monotonous esistence that her mind has no occupation but worry."

"What she needs is to come out of herself much more than she does. She must have intercourse with more people and take more exercise."

"This she can do without neglecting home, and every right-minded man will do his best to secure for his mother, or his sister, or his wife, these aids to the retention of youthfulness of body and mind".

I wonder if they knew what letting women out of the house to exercise and have more communication with the outside world would lead to just 20 short years later?

In August of 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was finally ratified, allowing women to vote.