Excerpt from Our Economic and Social Relations: What They Are and What They Might Be Women would be trained for work the same as men, though not necessarily for the same occupa tions. Housekeeping and homemaking, however, would be in the curriculum of both. A woman actually occupied as a housewife or fulfilling the duties of motherhood, or devoting herself to the care of her children, would be exempt from all other work requirements. Objections will be made that no persons could be obtained to do the menial or unpleasant work. That class of work would be reduced to a minimum by the introduction of improved methods. There would then be no motive for exploiting ignorant hand labor instead of using improved machinery to per form the work. If there should be any unpleasant labor, the sting could be removed by prosecuting the task under vastly more favorable conditions than are now in vogue. This system would place women on an absolute equality with men, where they belong. Indeed, if there were any difference it would be in favor of women, for they have the stronger spiritual natures, and the spiritual side of individuals would have far greater significance under the new era than it has now, because more time would be available for its development. It should be understood, however, that the term spiritual natures is not intended to apply to denominational religion as it exists today. All persons, both male and female, over the age of twenty years, except those declared mentally incompetent, would have the right to vote on allquestions. A temporary exception to this privilege would be in regard to those who could not read and write our language. The people would rule, and rule in fact. They would probably elect citizens of unusual ability and foresight as directors, who in turn would appoint the minor officials and clerks. All elected and appointed directors, legislators, officials and sub ordinates would be subject to the recall vote of the people at any time. All legislators would be elected by the direct vote of the people. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.