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MEDICINE AS A PKOPESSION FOR WOMEN. 151
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have _Grermany entirel . In failed England to , secure tlie results anything have approaching l > een very imperfect 1 in practical , and
has efficiency Now these much to y the failures of Catholic these are sisters sisterhoods very in easil actual y . comprehended workfor such by any persons one who will __
seen , pend soon perceive upon reli that gious the enthusiasm practical success , but upon of these an orders excellent does "business not de- _^
important but organisation the real aid . in secret Reli filling gious of their their feelin ranks success g there and is is keep in among ing the up them excellent their , and interest opening it is an ;
afforded social life by . ' them The i for nferior all classes sisters of are wom plain en , to de a cent useful women and , respected nothing ' the
panionshi more , to whom p , protection the opportunity , and interest of afforded earning by a being support members , com of a -
respected order , and the prospect of a certain provision for age , are it the generall difficult more y powerful without to obtain means ties a better to , or the ve or work ry so near , good from connec a the living tions fact - , and that The -would they superior find are
sisters are usually women of character and education , who , from selves want of lonel family ties unhappy , misfortune in ordinary , or need life of and occupation to them , the find church them-:
y or ; , attractive with its usual prospect sagacit of y in active availing occupation itself of personal all talent standing s , opens and the :
, workers authority both , social men respect and , women and the —the companionshi feeling of p belong of intelli ing gent to the
coworld , in , fact , instead of a crippled and isolated life . For though it is common' to speak of the sisters as renouncing the world , the
fact is , that the members of these sisterhoods have a far more active partici No one pation can full in y the realise interests the of effect life thi than s has most upon of them them , had unless welcome before they .
have at once seen them at their work , and are aware how to great numbers of women would be an active , useful life , free from pecuniary caresoffering sympathand companionship in work
and social standing to , all its members y , with scope for all talents , from the poorest drudto the intelligent and educated
womanan offer so welcome as ge to be quite sufficient to overcome the want of attraction in the work itself at first sight .
there class As of is we no women have such said into organisation , every English effort in institutions so external far to life introduce has in proved Protestant a corresponding a failure churches , for
as there is in the Catholic , ; it is contrary to the genius of the nation ; and the same results would certainly follow in America .
The only way to meet the difficulty , to give a centre to women who are interested in such effortsand to connect intelligent women
with these institutionsis to introduce , women into them as physi-,
cians fch ph at ysicians . is If sec , ured all they public would by the charities exert presence upon were and them open services the to same ivell of valuable the educated superiors influence women of : -
Medicine As A Pkopession For Women. 151
MEDICINE AS A _PKOPESSION FOR WOMEN . 151
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1860, page 151, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051860/page/7/
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