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As a rule women have not been, and are not, much interested in the study of Socialism. They think that it is "all politics" and they do not know anything about politics and they care less. If you will read this booklet through carefully you will find in it the reason why we must be "in politics" before we can have socialism, and you will also find why women ought to be socialists and work right along beside their husbands, brothers, fathers and friends. You will find that the only way to solve the woman question is through socialism. And by "woman question" I mean everything which has to do with a woman's happiness, in the home or out of it. Every question which deals with human happiness deals with the home, for the home reflects the condition of society, the state, the nation, the world. You may think I have a broad subject, and I have. I cannot pretend to deal with all sides of this question, but I do mean to try to say a few things about that which we women think the most of; the things which come to us and help to make or mar the happiness of our daily lives. What is necessary to a truly happy home—the kind we all want? First, we must have food, clothing and shelter.

We must have plenty to eat; pure, healthful food that makes us strong and keeps us well. Now-a-days doctors are paying much more atten-