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14 WOMAN'S WORK IN" THE WORLD'S CLOTHING...
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an estate to each of her wealthy sons ; but it is surely as a symbol of authority that territorial possession is chiefly valued
and the be same wielded amoun bthe t of emp power loyer in a of far hundreds more compressed of " hands form / 5 as ,
b may y the proprietor of y thousands of acres . In the former case as in the latterfemale influence may find fullest scope and reap
conferring the richest blessings , harvest . of The that heads blessedness of factories which are not is gained in general by
backward workers in this field , as is shewn by the testimony of one of the first gentlemen appointed by the Government as
stated Inspectors that , Leonard he knew Homer of no , Esq descri ., who ption after of persons years of of exp whom erience so
many instances may be brought forward of active benevolent of exertions the , and le l they arge pecuniary employ ; " sacrifices •* * ¦ * to promote * and the the welfar female e
members peop of their families have of late shewn increasing zeal in Parliamentary performing their Reports part affirmed of the g that _'ood there work . was The _" an very increasing latest
desire among * all classes to fulfil the requirements of the law with exactitude and cheerfulness , " particularizing * too , that
_" There is a vast amount of interest taken now in the manufacturing districts in female educationand especially in the
giving that kind of knowledge which is , to make the workman ' s home more attractive than it has hitherto been . Many works
by ladies ( Mrs . Bray of Coventry , for example , whose latest into work , French Physiology for for the Common use of schools Schools in is now that being country translated , ) have
recently been written specifically for this object . " Miss attractive teaching Crompton adults , method of Birming the and elements ham her too al , of is habets the knowled authoress and ge reading by of an a system and easy copy and for
books are in great , demand . In p one school at Coventry , taught - entirel evening y in by cholars all ladies weathers , who of throug venture them hout middle forth the for winter the , purpose there were in , the in
attending 1860 , 140 s every ni , m ght any after their work -aged , in wom order en , that regularl they y l mi adies ght learn are taking to read a , princi write , pal and part sew in ; and carry in ing many out oth every er places wise
and benevolent plan , for improving the social condition of those who now work for the world ' s clothing . The results are
everywhere apparent , and on no point do those who are most competent to judge , viz ., the Government Inpectors—speak
more emphatically than on the good which has been thus achieved d to , one the of sch them olars in in particular the night having schop - . l stated s taught recentl by ladies y with
th regar at Such scholars become quite altered in a few years , because they have c rubbed elbows' with ladies , whose esteem they have sought and appreciated . "
14 Woman's Work In" The World's Clothing...
14 WOMAN ' S WORK IN" THE WORLD ' S CLOTHING .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1864, page 14, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031864/page/14/
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