Good morning from the Holiday Inn Express in Asheville, North Carolina. I’m here on a quick vacation, visiting friends. This morning I am bringing you the President’s report from the Women’s Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, written by Caroline Earle White. This report was released in the Journal of Zoophily, a joint publication and monthly peridocial shared between Women’s and the American Anti-Vivisection Society.

What I find most exciting about this article is the perspective of women working for the Society itself in various roles, including in a sub-committee where they would oversee the hiring and termination of officers, the majority of whom must have been male.

You’ll also note the in depth discussion on hydrophobia as discussed at a meeting in New Orleans, mentioning a peper written by Caroline herself. The outsized fears of the public, the rarity of the disease itself, the blame on the federal goverment, and comparison to other countries like Germany, where “They refuse to have a Pasteur Institute” are all of note, especially in this time period, which would have been almost 25 years after the initial discovery and implementation of the Pasteur Treatment. At this point the United States had multiple well established centers for the treatment of rabies as well as the developing ability for physicians to access the treatment through the postal service.

I’ll leave you to enjoy the article. Let me know what you think is interesting!

-Audrey