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    136 OPEN COUNCIL.

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    To the Editor of the English Woman's Jou...

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    To The Editor Of The English Woman's Jou...

    not rules allow might her be to drawn subscribe up and bu g t iven who to any most female anxious whose for personal its working means and will its

    progress . I for one will , accept such a book , and collect in Cheltenham t all There emi I can are for thousands the but purpose have not of . young the women No of the doubt middle there class are many who are who anxious would

    for come o it ; forward grate and , those and ladies sav , Thoug who have h means I have the . means nothing will to g g ive ive liberal to the but l fund y , an not d I confer can able beg to a . lasting benefit upon those young women who are receive willing themciall

    reach our colonieswhere a wide field is open to . Espey boasts New Zealand , the which natives , , with who its lovel are y a climate quiet , kind —never inoffensive too hot , ne peop ver le too , Eng cold lish , —

    among , , , laws If , you customs thin , k an thi d manners s for suggestion its . worthy of publication , you have the best

    wishes of the writer success . I am , Madam , Tours most respectfully ,

    A . C .

    Cheltenham , 13 th January , 1860 .

    136 Open Council.

    136 OPEN COUNCIL .

    To The Editor Of The English Woman's Jou...

    To the Editor of the English Woman ' s Journal .

    I have Madam latel , y read a paragraph from the for " Daily News" clerks setting forth the

    following ( 1 st . ) objections " Because cl against erks must " Emp go loyment through the Women gradations " of the . countingunior

    house Why from b cannot first a ht j woman forward upwards thus to retard proceed . " such throug a step h the ? degrees ? Can a justifiable

    reason ( 2 nd . ) broug " Because in all weathers they would have to run out on messages and to the post-office . " in the wet ? dressmaker

    ordered obli Is ged a milliner to her go to out be exemp in punctual pouring t from ? rain going At whose to out keep house the when appointment she Is arrives a of a lad she y finds who never the has

    wait hour of in her wet appointment clothes and damp is forgotten shoes , the , the lad lad y ' s y p is leasure engaged an unlimited , and , she time must .

    Ah ! , ah ! and on her return homeshe has to work , work at that dress ( she has taken cold in waiting to fit on , ) till a late hour Nature in the sweet night restorer , when clerks and

    payment read may y be to sleep resume made ing ? the in No their day , payment ' s beds paid , refreshed is left business deferred her of . by And till " when the her poor ' the s rent dressm dress rates is aker fini and becomes shed , taxes " , is

    all some being but remed denied insolvent her to , alleviate . the Surel only y means such the appalling writer of distress the meeting paragrap ! h in question , , will find , y

    ( make 3 rd . ) " A woman woul with d captain be unfit to of go merchant to Lloy vessels d ' s to effect for cargo an insurance ; super- ,

    intend or at arrangements the dockwharfor water- s sideamongst the * roughs . ' " Does it followor , is it to , be an acknowledged , universal rule , that a woman ' s

    as promotion clerk be should limited , extend to certain to Lloy offices d ' s and at all banks ? Wh , where y cannot " roug a woman hs " exist ' s calling not ?

    if the Allow fore me stated , dear objections madam , to ask through ufficient the barrier columns to exclude of your a valued woman work from

    -area s masterl the office manner of clerk than ? I shall abilities be glad will to see enable these me objections to do . solved in a more my

    better philosop In conclusion condition y hical learning , of it women is deep should l ; y more to in be any especiall regretted manner y as that they retard men bring steps of genius forward tending and no to sound other the

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1860, page 136, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041860/page/64/