WOMAN’S IDENTITY.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1683, 8 March 1917, Page 4

WOMAN’S IDENTITY.

“Why .should the married woman be listed on her tombstone as‘ Jane, wife of John Smith?’ Why shouldn’t the data on the stone below which she rests be personal data ? This sinking of the woman’s identity in that of her husband, even in the record that is graven for future generations to read is extremely unfair.” —Miss Adeline W. Sterling to the “Daughters of the Devolution.” “Puck,” the brightest of the Am-' eriean funny papers, shows what we may expect in the future. Here lies interred one Sarah Jane, A woman with a massive brain; Her husband was a simplike wight — See stoneless grave upon the right. Stranger, pause, and look who’s here; ’fhe wife of Henry Jones held dear. Lord knows how Henry gets along, For everything he does goes wrong. Here lieth one Avhose maiden name Was Pearl Clarissa Gladys Mayme. Her maiden name, she said, was Smith, And no name to be buried with. Rest in peace; you need it bad; The only rest you ever had; Your husband led you such a life, We’re sorry for his second wife. Kind friends, I know not what is said On this here stone above my head; 1 s’posc it is—l have to laugh— The same old man-made epitaph. Beneath this stone some day will lie A lady who has yet to die. Her husband’s huge success in life is solely due to her, his wife. ►She had this tombstone carved and set For fear her husband might forget.