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Page 10 of 14 10. THE GIRL IN BETAR Woman is a born "organizer". Since ancient times, she has always played the organizing part in every family. The man was the "conqueror", the "attainer"; he was a hunter; it was his job to find edible "stuff" for the table, garments to cover the body. The task of the woman, then as ever, was to transform all the material the man brought home into real food, suitable clothes and general comfort. She has a natural inclination for order, she foresees things necessary not only today bu tomorrow as well. This may perhaps, be the reason that history shows us a much larger percentage of high-caliber queens than kings (our own Shulamith Alexandra of the Hasmoneans; Elizabeth of England, Catherine the Great of Russia, Maria-Theresa of Austria) all distinguished themselves in the field of organization of state-management as well as in social and economic betterment. Of course, not every woman is a Shulamith. There is also the type of empty headed, flapperish girl; but nonetheless, every one of the latter too has this inclination to orderliness, to quiet systematization. Betarian education will have to seek the way in which to train a refined citizeness for the Jewish State. In every branch of our "Hachshara" there are the twin aims of organization and order; without the latter the former is worthless, and the latter is something which a woman can better create than a man. I would for instance have taught woman not merely military training (Hachshara Tzvait) like shooting, marching and signaling but also - and especially so - everything pertaining to supplies and sanitation. An important branch of colonization is house management. The progressive woman of my generation hated it and it was quite natural for them to feel so, because they reacted in this manner against the old viewpoint that "Housewifeliness" is the only affair women are capable to undertake. Today, women-suffrage is generally acknowledged and consequently, there is no reason for hating a field of endeavor upon which is founded the life of both family and society. Betar will probably develop the highest appreciation and enthusiasm for the conception of "Hachshara Baithith" (house management). |
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