This report from a Kappa studying abroad claims that "the American nation has proved itself the foremost promoter of the highest civilization," based on its deliverance of rights to women. The author explains that Germans consider a woman's duty to be solely that of making food, sewing clothing, and acting as a mother. German girls are educated with this in mind, and they are taught to knit and sew from a young age. In marrying, a German woman must "yield her entire individuality to her husband. "The salary of female teachers is less than men and few professions are open to them; additionally, German women are often asked to do manual labor which American women would baulk at.
May 1887