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8 THE PROFESSION OF THE TEACHEK.
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The Annual Reports Of The Governesses' B...
with , two or more foreign languages , and to be marked in dress and manner capable b of y all teaching the elegance Horace of to a little highl Lord y-bred Edward lady . and Such of a woman reading ,
, what Dante is and considered Schiller with to be young relativel Lady y , Isabella if not , absolutel will probably y , a " secure good is easil
salary . " Where then falls the strain ? The question y who answere born d ; in it the falls middle upon the class hundreds live b and its instruction thousands ; of upon women the y
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with Profession honest of y the and Teacher thoroug , hness and discharge so far as they are able , but without imparting any of that , which nicety would of acquirement enable them , or to peculiar outbid tact the and hosts science of sister in l lland for
on governesses equall the y low custom pay who . of The the t over ea emp chi educate loyers supp ng on ly , their of who th teachers e same have children soc has set i at a their moreover home eve ideas , refuse reacted to to a
pay certain beyond scale , a and certain , if they percentage on the whole family income , for their It remains instruction for . us to see what can be done to kill this evil at its
root . How much can be done to mitigate its consequences may be read in these -reports ; but of after which all the treat greatest consists benefit in achieved the degree by
the of attention group of which institutions they have draw they n to the state , of the profession at large . One part of the question is already in coarse of being
answered about devotin in g . the themselves Every catalogu year to e of the sees the Fin an Royal e ever Arts -increasing Academy . Their , names number and last are of scattered spring women a of workbfemal
Magazines artists an special extent . exhibition Literature of far the greater day was again are than opened filled is followed our for b readers them the , as reception ; a are one profession at of the all aware oldest , by s women of y and . best The , to e
of our Even weekl the y periodicals leaders of owes our newsp y two-third apers s of are its , in contents some instances to their ,
of pens regularl their . y industry written in by all women manner , and of publishers translations that avail and themselves compilations abode largel . In of y
learning the reading , the -room roving of the eye Briti may sh any Museum day dete , ct the magnificent bowed heads and references
black silk dresses of ladies who come there for on every subject under heaven defunct ; searching out obscu well re hints nih forgotten concerning mani the
ways and words of princesses , or -g pulations But the of number antediluvian of women trades who . are adopting pursuits connected
with literature and the arts must not blind us to the fact that skilled
they will always constitute the minority among even "
8 The Profession Of The Teachek.
8 THE PROFESSION OF THE TEACHEK .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1858, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031858/page/8/
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