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THE
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Yol. XII. February l, 1864:. No. 72.
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LXVL—A REVIEW OF THE LAST SIX YEARS.
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Journal Six years " was have started now...
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The
THE
ENGLISH WOMAN'S JOUKNAL .
PUBLISHED MONTHLY .
Yol. Xii. February L, 1864:. No. 72.
Yol . XII . February l , 1864 :. No . 72 .
Lxvl—A Review Of The Last Six Years.
LXVL—A REVIEW OF THE LAST SIX YEARS .
Journal Six Years " Was Have Started Now...
Six years have now elapsed since the " English Woman 1864 ' s
Journal" was startedand this number for February , , mi being ht the be useful last of to the , twelfth a few words volum to e our , I readers have thoug regarding ht that the it say
motives g which led to its commencementand the reasons which have induced those wlio started it to carry , out their undertaking constantl
made in of ( an those d one very as particul who to naturall the conduct ar relative y way ) asked its . [ size Numerous practical by and friends the business ques who special tions come ; observations are nature to the of office the are y ,
kindl contents y sp of irit the for Journal its supposed , and possible many suggestions improvement made . It in is to a
because the that answering I would until latel now of these address I possessed questions myself , immediate observations ; and I do control , so or individuall suggestions over the y ,
matter in hand ; and y because considerable sums of money have beenfrom first to lastpractically confided to me for the
, , purposes Ten years of our ago cause althoug . h there was an earnest and active
group education of peop and le industry , , deeply and interested to the reform in all that of the relates laws to affecting female _,
made the propert in y of married directions , wom for en the , and bettering though of efforts the condition were being of
the mass many of single women in this country , there was no centre the together of meeting separate the , nor exertions names any of one carried the work ladies on which were so actively surel could y and be emp solidl s loyed aid to . lay draw _JBut ing
the foundations of what has now taken its place as one y of the chief social _" movements " of the day . In Educationa great
, Both start at was the made one located by the in erection Haiiey Street of the , and " Ladie at the s' one Colleges carried . "
and on in indefati Bedford gabl Square e foundress , under , the the g ausp irl pup ices ils of were a most broug generous ht in 2
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Feb. 1, 1864, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01021864/page/1/
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