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52 WHAT ARE WOMEN DOING ?
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At Tlie Present Moment We Hear It Asked ...
No one can say tliat they are not busy ; but with what aim and what result are they working "? We will leave them to answer for
themselves and turn to another section , including , I fear , a larger number than either of the former . ' I refer to those who make " society "
their business . The arts they cultivate are those which " tell" at an of evening musical part perform y ; namel ance y . , dress During , talking the , season and a their certain nig brilliant hts are _siDent style
, in party-going , their days in great labors" of the needle , in the exchange of morning callsand in attendance upon milliners and
, dressmakers , varied by the occasional excitement of a wedding , a bazaaror a flower-show . Their few hours of relaxation are given
and watering to novel in , due - - reading place time restores . they At are the in read close some y of to measure the beg season in again their , a visit the exhausted weary to a fashionable round energ . ies ,
Under one or other of these heads will be found , I believe , a tolerably faithful picture of the daily life of almost that every in the English
woman of the well-to-do class , with this exception , case of mistresses of families a certain time must be devoted to the cares of housekeeping , and , where there are children , to their nurture and
admonition . Among those who receive money for their work , there is a
considerable variety of occupation . For our present purpose , we may be allowed to include under one general heading all who , though
greatly varying in degree , are by education and position in a sphere above that from which our domestic servants are taken . This large
section embraces in its ranks authors and able editors , actresses , professional singerspainterssculptors ; milliners ., dressmakers ,
hairdressers and artists , in hair , ; law-copyists , telegraph-clerks , postmistresses ; lodging-house keepers , innkeepers , shopkeepers of various
from kinds , the and ragged saleswomen -school ; last mistress , but not up least to , the the great highl army y-educated of teachers and ,
. accomplished governess . This class also includes a very few managers Domestic of manufactories service constitutes . a branch of industry itself embracing
the many experience varieties , of into every the details family of supp which lying it sufficient is unnecessary information to enter on ,
this We point come . now to what must be regarded as the lowest grade , and
here the variety of work is greater than in any other class . I believe few who mills peop are of Lancashire le emp have loyed any in absorb ide factories a a of large the . proportion It vast is number well known of its of female women that popul the and cotton ation girls - ,
but it is not so generally understood that women and girls are em-Th ployed are in the to be lower foun departments d in metal- * works of almost nail every -works kind rope of - m works anufacture , lead- .
ey , , works—in bleaching-mills , paper-mills , silk-mills and cloth-millsin glass-houses , potteries and brick-yards , and at the mouths of
coal-pits and stone-quarries , where the "bank-women" are described
52 What Are Women Doing ?
52 WHAT ARE WOMEN DOING ?
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1861, page 52, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031861/page/52/
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