Florida likewise will have nothing to do with a woman doctor.
Only a few women want to hold office or engage in professional work.
Every woman hopes to be a mother.

What then is the legal status of the American mother?
When the club women began the study of their position before the law they were amazed to find, in all but ten of the States and territories, that they had absolutely no control over the destinies of their own children.

In ten States only, and in the District of Columbia, are women co-guardians with their husbands of their children.
In Pennsylvania if a woman supports her children, or has money to contribute to their support, she has joint guardianship.

Under somewhat similar circumstances Rhode Island women have the same right.
In all the other States and territories children belong to their fathers.

They can be given away, or willed away, from the mother.