LUTHERAN MINISTER SAYS AMERICAN WOMEN NEED TO 'MEND THEIR WAYS'
New York City (JFK+50) On July 25, 1923, before setting sail for Germany on the Lapland, Dr. F.H. Knubel*, president of the United Lutheran Church of the United States and Canada, declared that the American female is at "the lowest ebb of her history."
The Lutheran minister, on his way to attend the church's world conference in August, said...
"American girls and young women should mend their ways. They drink cocktails, smoke cigarettes, and altogether their conduct is shocking."
Dr. Knubel blames "the exaggeration of the true duty of women, namely suffrage and this new freedom."
*Frederick Hermann Knubel (1870-1945) was born in New York City to a German-born grocer. FHK was educated at the University of Leipzig & served as the 1st president of the United Lutheran Church 1918-1944. He gave the invocation at the opening of the 1924 Democratic National Convention.
SOURCE
"American Girl At Lowest Ebb" Says Minister," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., July 25, 1923, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
