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HOW TO UTILIZE THE POWERS OP WOMEN. 41
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belong to the history of Europe , but we might adduce many others _ixoni One among change those in the of the social actresses economy of our of Eng own land day of . would in naturall London y
make room for many others . If several classes shops were direction , for of examp women le , to the come next entirel thing y would , or almost be to entirel have y female , under com the
mercial travellers , who , , with regard to all articles of female dress or ornament , would be far better able to conduct throughout the
country ever . _^ W the omen business , as it of is , the offcen London travel alone house ; some than for any pleasure man whatso , others
b to ness throug elong which , or ing h the they an to urgency the unquenchable belong proper of would their classes desire make affairs , and for , excellent dul and locomotion y instructed commercial y from . in sheer These the travellers business restless , when - .
We feel sure that very , considerable departments of trade , if this view were taken of the mattermiht fall into the hands of women ,
, g to the great advantage of employers and employed . Of course such a state of things would necessitate numerous changes in the
system of female education , and instead of laboring to render girls timidto strengthen their superstition and stimulate their nervous
sensibility , , mothers would endeavor to inculcate into their minds maxims of circumspection , self-dependence , and enterprise , with
many alread It is other been very analogous acted probable qualities , that in to . land some it extent certainl this has plan in may some have few Engy
instances y on the Continent upon . We once , remember in , Tuscany to have met , with an extremely pleasant and lady-like woman from
some one of the smaller states of Germany , we forget which , who The might husband have been had been called a missionary correctly enoug entrusted h a with commercial the distribution traveller .
of Bibles , but in what part of the world has escaped our memory . On his way out , however , he died at Rome , an event which his wife ,
who with her sister was on her way to join him , learned at Leghorn . Her funds were smallandto render the matter still worse , her
health also was very indifferent , , . When she wrote to her friends in Germany describing her circumstances , they , being probably
themselves in business , hit upon the bright idea of commissioning her to about for themand conduct the affairs of their house in
Ital go y . Her abilities were , but ordinary , and so also were her personal attractions . She was honesthoweverand diligent , and
, , living on very little , both she and her sister soon contrived to surround themselves with all sorts of comforts . They went occasionally
their as far operations as Naples , were and once carried I believe on in visited Northern Palermo Ital ; y , but where in general people
are more addicted to business , and understand it better than in the South . As I felt an interest in their fate , I made many inquiries of them respecting their prospects , their mode of doing business , their
profits , the character of those with whom they dealt , and many
How To Utilize The Powers Op Women. 41
HOW TO UTILIZE THE POWERS _OP WOMEN . 41
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1859, page 41, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031859/page/41/
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