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8 EMIGRATION FOR EDUCATED WOMEN.
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Ixtrodttctio^. Among The Many Emigration...
. Every one on first going * to sea must expect very great inconvenience and discomfort ; but if patience and cheerfulness are practised
then , as the first opportunity we nave of proving our fitness for the undertakingit _will soon be found that a long voyage is of the
greatest benefit , ; we have then time to recover from the fatigues and excitement of leaving old ties and troubles , and time to prepare
ourselves by meditation , prayer , and complete freedom from household dutiesto meet the new and more cheerful prospects before us .
I earnestly , recommend a most extreme caution in forming intimacies with other passengers : rather bear the character on the voyage of a
cold , reserved , too cautious woman or , girl , than be known as a lively , good-natured , or agreeable person .
As soon as a party is arranged by ship , letters should be written overlanddescribing the number and character of its members , the
class and any of situation , ladies _^ wanted or gentlemen , & c , and resident asking the in the assistance port of of the arrival clergy , to ,
provide cheap and respectable lodgings for the party ; this would give six or seven weeks for the information of their expected arrival
to spread to the country districts . I have no doubt that ten or twelve would be engaged immediately on landing ; gentlewomen must ,
however , fully understand that they go to _ivorJc for independence , not to marry , and be idle . The one great precept which emigrants of
every class must lay deeply to heart is this , " Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do , do it with thy might "
Schools for , girls are greatly needed in all parts of Australia ; the very liberal grants made yearly for the Sydney _University will raise
the education of b . oys and young men to a very high level ; but when superior myself girls resident schooland for some to that years there in were Sydney some , ther serious e was obj onl ections y one .
I was well acquainted , with two ladies ( not highly _educated ) who had established and conducted a school for young ladies ( day
scholars and boarders ) for six or seven years ; at the end of that time they had realized a handsome fortuneand built for themselves
a very large house . No one could be found , qualified to succeed themand the house was sold to a member of the Government , and
the school , dispersed . There is none of the English prejudice in favor of idleness to contend with ; the ladies of such an establishment
would be received as equals by all ; their wish for independence would be acknowledgedas also their right .
, House rent is very high in Sydney ; a house suitable for this purpose would be at least £ 200 per annum ; taxes are all local , and
very trifling ; furniture and household expenses much the same as cloth thick round brown liat woollen or or b blu onnet jacket e veil of and ; coloured a strong large cloak straw l of parasol to some come thick well material over thing the or except face well , with lined boots a ;
the and expense sh or oes , can of be carriage boug , ht will as good be saved and arge , as beside _cheajD being at .. Sy Every dne then y as chosen in , En to gland suit , and the
situation offered .
8 Emigration For Educated Women.
8 EMIGRATION FOR EDUCATED WOMEN .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1861, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031861/page/8/
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