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4 EMIGRATION FOR EDUCATED WOMEN.
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Ixtrodttctio^. Among The Many Emigration...
Walesand intimate -with tlie requirements and the life of the-, colony .
_EMIGOELATIOK OP EDUCATED WOMEN TO AUSTRALIA . It has to long ' been s work acknowled and it will ged be that well union when is women streng also th , with enter refer into
ence -man , money and act at upon their the own truth disposal of this , but axiom if each . Very among few "women us give have what much she
can in money , experience ,, time , or influence , ; we shall surely be ableto save some of our more helpless sisters from great sorrow
and , suffering , and perhaps what even despair offer or death this . With part the inten of the
tion , therefore , of doing I can , I paper as result 1 st . of In my knowled own experi of ence the . great demand for female colonist © ge
above the class of domestic servantsin New South Wales ; a very 2 nd . large In personal number knowled of gentlewomen ge , both , in full London y competent and the country and willing , of
to 3 supp rd l In y that the demand belief that ; and I can ive much information as to the g
. best manner in which to carry out the wishes of all parties .- ' fact As will I am be quite considered unskille a d sufficient in writing apology for publication for any abrup , I trust tness that or
want of style ; I am only anxious to express what I have to say as clearl With y and regard shortl to y the as possible kind of . education or training necessary to fit
gentlewomen one should for be profitable able to make employment her own in clothes Australia ; to generall wash and y : every
iron all fine linensor muslins , including shirts and collars ; to know how much soap and , time are necessary to wash and smooth ( for abundant
les are not often to be hadnor are fiat irons ) everything mang of softening that needs water washing when in too a famil , Hard y ; ; to to know make the plain handiest pies way and bread without
fresh the puddings number yeast ; ; to in to cook famil proportion vegetables by the the quantities and month meat of ; and tea to , week make coffee ; , to sugar know , & e ( . and , to
dents see constantl or sickness y within : y such , reach as ) the old year simp clean , lest linen remedies , , lint , tapes for common of different
acciwidths , for bandages , healing the plaster , tincture medicine of arnic which a for I have bruises used ,
for Dredge ' s heal are all aconite , & c . ; ' for homoeopathic feverish symptoms , s or sore throats ; chamo years millanux , -vomica , and dulcamara ; these , with bryonia for
bronchial attacks , , and bellado , nna for obstinate sore throats , have greater every * I respect mention in that , having New than South the a very adj Wales large acent number particularl colonies of ; resident y it , because is also families details the my most own , true of experience advanced Australian and in is s of the second generationI could also lmore expenses
pro assistance spects in in carry Sydney ing than out . any elsewhere plans . , and supp , if y necessary , more easily obtain
4 Emigration For Educated Women.
4 EMIGRATION FOR EDUCATED WOMEN .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1861, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031861/page/4/
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