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An Armenian Family Under Patriarchal Rule

AN ARMENIAN FAMILY UNDER PATRIARCHAL RULE

Under thousands of years' struggle for mere existence, the Armenian household has held to the strict rule of the grandfather. An absolute monarch, he gives orders and the rest obey; they speak when spoken to. Only in his absence is the eldest son his own master. A girl marrying into the family is an uncomplaining servant, under the grandmother

Armenian Maids at School or Persecution a Spur to Education

ARMENIAN MAIDS AT SCHOOL OR PERSECUTION A SPUR TO EDUCATION

Long before the war, the Armenians adopted education as an instrument for preserving their nationality. Then the schooling offered to the neglected girls by America and other missions came into favour. They were the best refuges in Moslem periods of slave-making and murder