The journalist of this 1922 article was concerned with the secular world on college campuses that was damaging the well-balanced minds of American women:
“Woman is learning the same things that are taught to her brother; scientific theories destructive of the faith she imbued at home… The women are not doing their duty – they are giving too much time to outside interests – they are degenerating! Women smoking! Women drinking! Women preferring adventures and amusement to caring for families! The flapper – the short skirt – the lack of corsets…”
The advancement of atheism in the American public school system began in 1945; Click here to read about it.
Click here to read the review of a novel that dealt the feminist discomfort with Christianity.
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