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EMIGRATION FOR EDUCATED WOMEN. 5
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Ixtrodttctio^. Among The Many Emigration...
kept my own family in _* goo & health in all parts of the world ; the prices of the homoeopathic medicines ( ninepence per bottle , wliicli
will last for many months , ) and the fact , that they are always ready , and will keep in climate -withonly moderate caremake them
any , , particularly well fitted for emigrants ; _sl shilling book , and common _$ ense in its usewill be sufficient guides as far as it may be safe
, for women generally to practise at present . To these essentials may be added music and singing , not only with
the the hel settlers p of , musical where the instruments demand , for as p intelli ianos gent are not women common is greatest among ;
the power to teach and lead ( with the aid of a tuning-fork only ) the singing of the familyin simple home tunesand especially
sacred musicwould be full , y appreciated , and greatl , y valued ; a good knowled , ge of modern European and American history , and
geography , not merely a knowledge of dates , but of the different situationsclimatesnatural productionsand religions of each . * A careful
attention , to speak , and write correct , English is also most essential ; the constant association with uneducated servants , aborigines , and
Americans , has caused a great neglect in this matter in the heads of families , who had themselves every advantage of English
education ; it would require much patience , good temper , and tact , to carry out this part of a gentle woman's work effectually . There are
hundreds of families in Australia where the father had a first-rate English education himselfbut he left home young ( twenty or under )
and has married the daughter , of one of the earlier , settlers , born in the , colony , who never had an opportunity of even knowing her own or
her children ' s deficiencies . These ladies are by no means what would in England be called vulgar , or ill-bred ; they are almost
universally kind , considerate , active , and sensible ; extremely quick in acquiring information , and most anxious to give their children
educational advantages ; I believe they _wotild welcome most heartily anion who would assist to make home happy . In many
of any these comp familiesthe wife' has to make the clothes of allexcept the strongest suits of , her husband ; to superintend or cook , entirely for
the family , bake bread , make candles , teach and nurse the children , & c . one of the shepherds on the estate may be marriedand his
wife ; may be willing to wash or assist , but this is always uncertain , , and a resident domestic servant is liable to' be tempted away to a
house of her own , on very short notice . It must be remembered -always that all these laborious duties devolve on the wife , from no
want of money to pay for help , or any unwillingness to receive it , but literallbecause help cannot be had .
With all y this painful need for female help in Australia , who has not seen and felt the still greater pain of its superabundance in
England ? Who among us cannot count in the circle of their own mental * Arithmetic calculation sh taug ould ht be , not th for oroug -large hly imag understood inary amounts , and , but hab for it the of rap dail id y individual
or weekly expenses and wants of a single family or .
Emigration For Educated Women. 5
_EMIGRATION FOR EDUCATED WOMEN . 5
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1861, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031861/page/5/
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