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Unborn Race and Woman’s Work 79
for; without it she is not able to co-operate
in their education. The normal working day
is, therefore, more necessary for the woman
than for the man, because on her, rather than
on him, comes the burden of household work.
The dangers of night work, as of work in
mines, are from the standpoint of health and
morality so plain, that no further reason need
be urged to defend protective legislation in
this case.
But not only the theoretical principles of
women’s rights are urged against this legisla-
tion. Socialists as well as the advocates of
women’s rights are responsible for different
objections of a more solid character. It is
urged that legislation will increase the number
of unemployed women who, in order to live,
will be forced into prostitution, but it is for-
gotten that the same result comes from low
wages in many occupations, aaid that these
low wages are caused by ah over-supply of
working women. It is said, also, that if pro-
tective legislation hinders or prevents women
from working, they will not be able to care
for their children and the children will
be employed in the factory in their stead.
The way out of the last difficulty is abso-
lutely plain: the complete prohibition of all
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