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402 ON THE CAUSE OF THE DISTKESS
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remains perhaps might be , in preserved left our to language sing sp le inning women in which . as A an trace an emp unmarried of loyment this old woman for law , women which and a , _,,
_" sp We inster see " therefore are synonymous that , the terms inequalit . of numbers between
, , y are the not sexes facts , and of the modern difficulty ori of in providing and are not for sup confined erfluous to wom hihl en - , y
civilized communities . But g thoug , h women have always g been for more the numerous former is than nothing men , and new thoug it is h true the difficulty that civilization of providing has
increased the evil , by increasing , the proportion of single men , and consequently that of single women . Civilization until means
have increased attained comfort to a , position and few which civilized will men enable will them marry to command they the comforts they have been used to as bachelors ; this to
at many all . does Civilizatio not occur n , till too late , requires in life , and a number to some of it soldiers never occurs and it
luxuries sailors to , and defend of thes it , and e the many greater merchant part - must seamen necessaril to bring y be _^
unmarried til exertions l loyments they for have . Thus support been a to , large for and them some many proportion teaching years can never " dependent of domesti wom m en arry c on cannot at service their all . m own arry The and
needlework emp cannot open contain the , number , s seeking means of , subof sistence which , hence we , hear arise so much competition . In civilized , low wages countries , and United , the even dis States where tress
the and men our own exceed colony the of women Melbourne in number , the women , as in s the till find it difficult to liveIt is stated bDrChanning ( an American ) that in
. y . , who New could York alone earn , onl in 1860 a dollar , there ( 4 were s ) a found week to and be a 534 very women large
number besides who y could earn nothing . at , all . This shews clearlthat the excess of women above that of men is not the
sole or y , even chief cause of the existing- distress , and that if we we could should equalize still the not number be out of of our men difficulty and women This in is Great an important Britain
. point , because many people believe , that to produce this equality would at once put an end to the distress . Such an not equalization end
to would itas diminish the the le distress of the United , but woul States d certainl clearl y shews put . an Since however , , it would examp diminish it , female emigration y , under judicious , in
regulations , ought to be encouraged by every means our for power It The is superfluous not . national unlike women plan at the is present _mediaeval that of adop shutting one ted of in " them convents England up in for and workhouses providing ents . - pres
many of very the same defects ; many women requiring , relief being-
402 On The Cause Of The Distkess
402 ON THE CAUSE OF THE DISTKESS
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Feb. 1, 1864, page 402, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01021864/page/42/
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