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318 LIFE ASSURANCE.
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to health , and life , and the influence of occupations , etc ., on longevity ) mathematics , and other statistical information will not be
deemed , improper subjects for female instruction . There was a period in the history of our country when it was _gravely asserted
that teaching women to read would be productive of much mischief . Well ! they have learnt to read , and we think the world is much
improved in consequence . Perhaps very beneficial results would arise if they were still further instructed in many branches of
knowledge at present deemed suitable only to masculine intellects . This society might by means of female agents disseminate a
knowledge of the principles and benefits of Life Assurance , and also afford the means of support or of adding greatly to slender resources ,
for the duties of an agent to Life Assurance Companies can be performed in conjunction with domestic or other occupations . In
Scotland many of the offices do a great deal of business by means of female agents , Scotch women being in general intelligent and
practical . As Life Assurance is at once charitable and religious , it is a proper subject for the exercise of female industry ; and the business
of agent is highly remunerative , for not only does the acquirement of a " Proposal for Assurance" yield an immediate profit , but so
long as the premiums are paid by the party whom the agent may have persuaded to assure , an income is secured . Numerous agents
to the existing English offices are realising at this very time hundreds per annum through their unceasing efforts in inducing persons ,
neighbours , friends , or acquaintances , to assure in some form or other . This occupation in no way interferes with the conventional
proprieties of a woman ' s life , there is nothing " bold" or " masculine " in it . An intelligent lady would not lose caste in any way by
undertaking this office . She may be the means of preventing a family of children from being left destitute , or may shed comfort over the
mind of a dying husband , who would sink tranquilly to his last rest in the reflection that a dear and honored wife would not be left
destitute . The more tact , delicacy , and intelligence a female agent miht possessso much . the more would she be likely to fulfil her
benevolent g mission , , obtain business for the " Office , " and support herself in honorable independence .
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318 Life Assurance.
318 LIFE ASSURANCE .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Jan. 1, 1859, page 318, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01011859/page/30/
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