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Vol. XI. April 1, 1863. No. 62.
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XII.—FACTORY WOMEN AJSTD SERVANTS-9
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of No the one manufacturing , perhaps, w...
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The
THE
ENGLISH WOMAN'S JOURNAL
_published monthly /
Vol. Xi. April 1, 1863. No. 62.
Vol . XI . April 1 , 1863 . No . 62 .
Xii.—Factory Women Ajstd Servants-9
XII . —FACTORY WOMEN _AJSTD SERVANTS-9
Of No The One Manufacturing , Perhaps, W...
of No the one manufacturing , perhaps , will prosperit deny the y general of our country statement and , that the the consequent advance
, ful absorp mech tion anism of our emp female loyed population , has , in a in very tending material the varied degree , and interfered
beautiwith the development of the household capabilities of working women . It could not be otherwise . Let us for one moment recall
the j ) ictures of the domestic arrangements of a middle-class family of eighty or ninet h y years ago from , such as have been handed down h de to
us scr , iptions either in throug the lit _, tradition erature of that our period grand , and parents contrast , or throug them with - households of the same class at this time . It was the pride and
deli to sp ght in , of to , our weave gran , to dmo fashion thers to every be able garment to say of they that the or farm they their knew and children how
woreas well as to make every production dairy worse into , things than eccentric edible . if Their they granddaug spent their hters time in would doing be indifferentl considered y ,
now what satisfactory produced , by means m , anner without of a . thousand But such a the sacrific ingenious emp e loyment of mechanical time that and labour the contrivances middle , in a - more class , is
something woman has else lost as in capable her home , of , moulding requires her to be character supplied to to patience her by ,
to economy ,. to early healthy habits of industry and physical exertionas well as to mental vigour and advancement , that she may
_"kee-p pace , with the advancing world around her . What then can be done ? We cannot get mistresses to do what
they themselves know nothing about , and have no need to do , because it would be a good plan thus to train working women .
Besides , the great manufacturing tendency of the age cannot , and will not , and ought not to be checked . Surely we are not so
cowardly , or so incapable of perceiving the wonderful powers of our race for adapting themselves to new forms of civilization , as to doubt
that there , with is and the must develop bea ing corresponding of the material law of wealth a moral of and our sp country iritual ,
kind to be developed and , to keep pace with the emergency . We will
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1863, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041863/page/1/
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