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2 EMIGRATION FOR EDUCATED WOMEN.
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Ixtrodttctio^. Among The Many Emigration...
b for y tlie which refusal they are . of burdened tlie colonists with any the half longer -savage to send and funds wholly , untaug In return ht
" and Women unskilled born and population bred in peat of huts the , wilds who know of Ireland nothing and of the Scotland require . - whole aft of
ments consists or in even knowing decencie how s of to civilize boil d a life potat , whose o or mix their -, porridge cooking , whose
skill as laundresses is confined to the washing of own garments than in the house running -cleaning brook ; , women stronger and _siich in housemaids the as these domestic , with have dut Government been y of peat shipped -cutting certifi b -
cates as cooks , laundresses , , y the hundreds faith of to these Melbourne certificates of , Adelaide , wages utter , and l from ' wanting Sydney £ 20 , in to obtaining the £ 30 first a year readil princi ; to y , les be on
ibundas a matter course , y p portable of their , , duties that ; speed instead y dismissal of helps , has hindrances been the in onl the y famil alternative y their ,- so streets insup . Of
such women our colonies have had more than enough ; victims are infested both to with the them red tap - — e hap inefficiency less women of the and home hapless Government colonists , ; to the
direct victims to this causebut indirect victims arrogation by men of duties clerks which of onl the y women , Government can properl Colonial y fulfil Emigration . What do Office the
. know gay young of the household requirements of the colonists ? The printed _cations forms issued of emi there grants are requir perfect e the _, and signature the certificates of clergymen as to the and qualifi magis - -
_ihe trates result ; so ! far And as red thus tape on can the go surface , nothing of can things be , better it is said , but , , there behold is
no The opening inquirie for s women already , in made the colonies , however . , point to a different state of
matters teachers and the ; in women public lof , it these schools appears latter , schoolmistresses , are is the wanted object , both , this and as private Society domestic has governesses servants in view , , . y
the The following means supp by _Circular which , which it proposes has just colonies to work been , w issued ill be best as a shown basis for in
organization , both here and in the : — of " "Women The Committee convinced of of the the Society advisabilit for Promoting y of emigration the Emp in many loyment of
the lan cases for the which , Emigration come before of Educated their notice Women , are . A now Special organizing Fund is a
p opened for this purpose , and contributions are earnestly requested . It has been ascertained that educated women are required in
private the " Colonies governesses as teachers , and to in supp which public ly it these schools is , the scho to object olmistresses work are the the Society , and folhas in viewThe means by proposes
. lowing " 1 . . The establishment in the different colonies , such as Adelaide , of local commit
tees Sydney to , work Melbourn with e , the Canterbury Central , Committee and Vancouver in London , , to forward -
2 Emigration For Educated Women.
2 EMIGRATION FOR EDUCATED WOMEN .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1861, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031861/page/2/
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