JUNE 17, 1904: It’s been quite a day here in Berlin’s Philharmonic Hall, as delegates of the Women’s National Councils from as far away as New Zealand assembled for an International Council of Women.
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Thomas also noted that contrary to the assumptions of many, college women were just as interested in marriage as those who did not go to college. She then went on to attack the theory of Edward Clarke, who said that studying diverts blood from a woman’s reproductive organs to her brain, and can render her infertile. Thomas cited statistics showing that college educated wives actually had a higher number of children than those who did not attend college.
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