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WHAT ARE WOMEN DOING ? 51
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VIL—WHAT ARE WOMEN DOING?. ?
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At tlie present moment we hear it asked ...
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T. Pacts And Fictions Co^Stceening Pigs....
But however sanctioned by the custom of centuries , it is really so reat an injustice to our honorable friend the fig to make use of its
name g in any way but respectfully , that it may be permitted to divert one sentence at least in which it occurs , from the original
sense it -was intended to convey ; and therefore , in the words of Shakespeare , but with meaning far different to Shakespeare ' s , we
present to the reader— " Figo for thy friendship . "
What Are Women Doing ? 51
WHAT ARE WOMEN DOING ? 51
Vil—What Are Women Doing?. ?
VIL—WHAT ARE WOMEN DOING ? . ?
At Tlie Present Moment We Hear It Asked ...
At tlie present moment we hear it asked on all sides , —What can wonien do ? What may they do ? Why do they attempt this ?
How is it that they have not turned their attention to that ? Beside all these questions arises anothernot without interest—What are
, women To answer doing "? this inquiry fully , would require such an acquaintance .
with the domestic life of all nations and tribes , as not Madame Pfeiffer herself could boast . It will be sufficient for us to consider
it narrow apparent only in range to a fa , th the . oug as h difficulty i . t tful concer mind n of s . E g Probabl i g lish g a women y m te os gor . t i c Even f answer us b within elieve wil in l this b e
general way , tliat we are the most intelligent , the most cultivated , the most domestic and altogether the most admirable women in the worldBut this sort of impressionthough highly
satisfac-. vague , no tory distinct to ourse ide lve a , of and what confirmed we are by actuall most y Eng doing lish . travellers It may , con s v o me ys
that degree is led facilitate bwomen the inquiry in each , if of we the consider several separatel ranks of y the , the social sort of scale life . y
including dependent Let us under beg on in their this with own general what exertions may denomination be for c m alled aintenance , the all upper those . Among who middle are - these class not ,
, proportion a few pursue devote either most art of their or literature time to reli as g a ious vocation and p . hilanthrop A larger ic
work schools . ; They in the are superintendence occupied in the of management Bible-women and of societies mothers' and mee of tfor
ings bazaars ; in district Whether visitin their g and well tract -meant distributing zeal does , not and sometimes in working defeat
. its division own mi object ht be is described perhaps an as invidious the le question who do . a little Another of large - every
thing . They g play a little , sing a little peop , dance a little—they draw ' a little , and paint a little in water-colors—they read a little read French the
magazines which and a little a they little , too hav German , e and seen can , a to noticed little t keep alk friendl a in up little the their ab reviews intercourse out langu most . ages They of with — the they visit their new the books nei poor h- , they keep g
, up y bors , and they take a little interest in what is going on in _e the 2 world .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1861, page 51, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031861/page/51/
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