On this page
- Departments (1)
-
Text (3)
-
142 PASSING EVENTS.
-
XXIII.—PASSING EYENTS.
-
^-^ *> M> - • The adverted " Lectures in...
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
To The Editor Of The English Womarts Jou...
who deliverance in do earl the y work from days of " had earking two known shillings " cares the comforts which , and the so , man " if weary not of striving the us elegancies suffer to make from of ; one thoug life shil , h a -
possibl ling y some of these cares may be reckoned allied y to comfort , such as "he that has them not , must make them or be wretched few . " wordsis to
hope My that obj and ect so further , good however an to idea , entreat in may troubling that not you cease you will to with i be gnore a advocated the German in , your law express valuable that two a
pages sisters should ; it shall ever not be realised be , permitted . I confess to avail myself themselves wholl shut y out unable of such to an find institution who a would single ,
too otherwise good much reason thankfull that for such y should avail restriction themselves ive , some which hint of would so to promising your many a refuge so many readers . Is as it asking to the you g
probable crude at present income for that entering would be into required such particulars for admission ? Althoug , * or is h the the idea writer too
perament thinks very and hig could hly of onl the notion , she of it is under unfortunatel the decided y not of arrangement a social tem of
-Eng " unforced lish women , companionshi is not quite y p . approve " so She undeserved is afraid as that the vindicator Lord Broug of ham all ' s women fling at ' s
rights appears to think . I am , Madam ,
"With A Constant many apolog Header ies , for and troubling generally you a Sincere , Admirer ,
142 Passing Events.
142 PASSING EVENTS .
Xxiii.—Passing Eyents.
XXIII . —PASSING _EYENTS .
^-^ *> M> - • The Adverted " Lectures In...
_^ - _^ *> - The adverted " Lectures in the last to Ladies number , " of by thi -Elizabeth s Journal , Blackwell were delivered , M . D . at , to the which Maryle we
bone Institute to steadily increasing and deeply interested audiences , A among lady whom of some were literary to be found eminence some , in who our coming own to immediate scoff , remained nei earnest ghbourhood to praise . ,
before the commencement of the first lectureentered an protest against lad the more idea than of women once led physicians the lause , yet in and the , at course the end of of that the lecture third lec this - app
ture very The declared first y lecture her intention treated of of consulting the creation Dr , . Blackwell of a true herself home . as woman ' s
and especial comprehensive work , a work dutie demanding s to herself distinct her famil preparation and society . "Woman requiring ' s manifold - sound
with and varied the laws knowled of h ge iene , of fo which rm the p basis h , ysiology . The y and , nature an intimate and , objects acquaintance of physiyg
standard ological knowledge were ably , defined the preservation by the lecturer of health , and and these the last improvement shown to be of more its
especiall evils charity produced . y , The in the benefits b hands i resulting of women and from , as lect enli mothers g were htened , forcibl educators domestic dwelt , and training upon dispensers , and and the the of
benevolent advantages women which y gnorance would in the attend working neg the of active charitable , co-operation institutions y of , trained formed , and the
concluding The second topic lecture of this dwelt lecture upon . the practice of women as physicians , in contradistinction hysician embracing to the the nurse knowledge , midwife and , experience or hvgeist of ; the all education these branches of the
p while qualifying for a higher exercise of skill , a more comprehensive appli- , income * The of ladies fifty on or the sixty foundation pounds of Those the Proposed not on the Ladies . foundation Institute , from would eig require hty to one an
. , hundred pounds .
-
-
Citation
-
English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1859, page 142, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041859/page/70/
-