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      The

      THE

      ENGLISH WOMAN'S JOURNAL .

      PUBLISHED MONTHLY .

      Vol. Iv. January 1, 1860. No. 23.

      Vol . IV . January 1 , 1860 . No . 23 .

      Xliil—What Cajst Educated Women Do?

      XLIIL—WHAT _CAJST EDUCATED WOMEN DO ? PART II .

      *& M Number I Consrciitjded Of This My J...

      _*& m number I _consrciiTJDED of this my Journal last paper those by " proposing commerci * al to consider vocations in , trades the current , and

      mechanical arts , in which it is to be hoped that women can engage with prudence and a fair chance of success ; " but I have since learnt

      that a careful report on these several points is about to be prepared and published by the Committee appointed by the Social Science

      Association to report on the subject of Employment for Women _;* and as this report will contain matter collected from , more numerous

      sources than I can hope io attain , I think it better not to attempt to anticipate its appearance , but on the other hand to confine myself

      thi I s believe month to it more be general fairl observations taken for granted . that the public opinion may y

      of this country sets strongly in favor of increased avenues of employpopular simultaneousl ment being feeling op y ened in flashed the to women weekl back y ; periodicals from to jud country ge Toy , and the papers b articles y the , from vivid whi Scotland reflection few ch appeared of those and of

      who Ireland think , one with may or reasonabl write for y conclude popular that sympathies comparativel , doubt y or deny the main propositions for which we have so earnestly contended

      in that let these us in furthermore answer pages . to Let the take us question therefore for granted " lay What , all what argument can will educated easil wholl y women be y _asicle conceded do _, and ?" ,

      care p an loym able , of ent report the ; that will to shortl all the situations sick y point the out of criminal many trust _efcn possible or d the responsibilit insane branches is y added of in em the a -

      wide list of occup young ations , , such , as printing , watchmaking , , law , copying , the of which applications we shall of then art hear to in domestic detail . purposes There , will and yet a remain dozen more two

      vital questions : '' Why do not educated women attempt these thin gs ?'' and , " How , supposing them at last convinced , are they to set about

      them ? " * The report will be published in the pages of this _Journal .

      - _VOIi . IV . X

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    • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Jan. 1, 1860, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01011860/page/1/