The question of the conservation of our natural resources is not a
simple question, but it requires, and will increasingly require,
thinking out along lines directed to the fundamental economic basis upon
which this Nation exists. I think it can not be disputed that the
natural resources exist for and belong to the people; and I believe that
the part of the work which falls to the women (and it is no small part)
is to see to it that the children, who will be the men and women of the
future, have their share of these resources uncontrolled by monopoly and
unspoiled by waste.
What specific things can the women of the Nation do for conservation?
The Daughters of the American Revolution have begun admirably in the
appointment of a Conservation Committee, and other organizations of
women are following their example. Few people realize what women have
already done for conservation, and what they may do. Some of the
earliest effective forest work that was done in the United States, work
which laid the lines that have been followed since, was that of the
Pennsylvania Forestry Association, begun and carried through first of
all by ladies in Philadelphia.
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