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76 FACTORY WOMEN AND SERVANTS.
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resorted importanc at least over to e , would since the social it is far an life to unusual of check factory remed the hands deterior y , which , is ation a , subject if once of the of generall greater female y go
population acquirements acquainted , with in . factory Probabl a pamp districts hlet y most entitled , of as the regards _" Experiences readers bthe domestic of this of of Fact _Jotj virtue ory snal of s Life and are the , "
largest turers giving in account and Eng one land s of of the the Mrs most p . lans Courtauld enli pursued ghtened whose y and great benevolent lady mills , one situated manufac at
-Halstead and Booking , , in Essex , emp , loy thousands . In the preface to the third and much enlarged edition of this pamphlet such , are so that me
lifetime remarks employed and on by the that Mrs desirabilit . of Courtauld our y fathers of . securing Alluding trade superintendence has to the been rate busy at which buy , ing as in our up
ten female _" reg h iments industry of of steadfast women both in labour in Eng both land out , countries and of their in Prance , homes the , rule so / ' that the of for writer dail immense y life , who is
ours had a close knowledge of the system pursued at Halstead , goes on to " say We : — musthowevertake the matter as it stands , and ask
ourselves whether , under , circumstances so strangely opposed to all prevalent opinions , about women , anything irls can be done to protect
and save domestic lifeand to infuse into gcongregated together meals in masses the , knowled and working ge , and from the six habits till six required , with two to hours ensur allowed e comfort for
- and respectabilit The , niht-school y at home can touch ? but a small part of the difficulty .
" g It communication is necessary of as knowled a starfin ge g ; yet point a , woman —necessary might for be the an excellent absolute the time
teacher quite irls un to able in the nothing to cope ordinary with of all sense the the needs of outl the y of ing word even work , one and among hundr at homes ed sam , growing e
connected g arithmetic , wi say th a hut factory I mean . to I do not th undervalu at it would e reading be quite , wri possible ting , and to say
instruction ; even in these , three primary branches of knowled convey ge , which should , bear but little all upon the daily life of prett such young much
womenand leave themfor practical purposes , y her where teacher ide they , as would but were be her . more wits Indeed emp about , , there haticall her never y than required was face a to to position face have with , not in a which factory merely a
their working school parents of classes , young ' roof a girls considerable , who , all are of earning whom sum , and are weekl for partiall y whom what y indep earl is among y , endent marriage our of
is the rule , with a very possible , , almost certain , return to the "factory For after be it . rememberedthese irls are not getting even the g
ordinary training of hoine , life . They have never been in service ,
76 Factory Women And Servants.
76 FACTORY WOMEN AND SERVANTS .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1863, page 76, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041863/page/4/
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