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Women Not Represented in the Laws.

Another proof that women's opinions are not now fully represented
is the lack in many states of humane and protective legislation, and
the poor enforcement of such legislation where it exists; the inadequate
appropriations for schools; the permission of child labor in
factories; and in general the imperfect legal safe-guarding of the
moral, educational and humanitarian interests that women have most
at heart. In many of our states, the property laws are more or less
unequal as between men and women. A hundred years ago, before
the equal rights movement began, they were almost incredibly unequal.
Yet our grandfathers loved their wives and daughters as
much as men do today.