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woman's wobk in sanitary reform". 823
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( Continued From Page 227. J Those Women...
were to pay intelligent attention to the sanitary condition of its ciation inmates , . from " The the Workhouse working of Visiting which a Societ vast amount y , " an of admirable good may asso be
confidently expected to result , appears , judging from its printed rules , _* to intend only to devote systematic attention " to the moral
and spiritual improvement" of those visited . If such is the case , this excellent society must inevitably be far less useful than it would
be , if the promotion of sanitary improvement were also included in its plan .
However excellent our _philanthroj _^ ic schemes may be , if they do not practically recognise the importance of physical elevation , they
fail to fulfil one of the primary conditions of . complete success . Bodymind , soulacting and reacting each one on the others—so
, , _O-od has created us . " What He has thus joined let none put asunder , " even in thought . Never shall we evoke all the
harmonies of the divinely-strung harp of humanity till we leave off continually playing on one chord .
Much , very much , more might be written on woman ' s work in sanitary reform , and yet half of it would be left unexplained ; the
thoughtful mind which contemplates it , will find its ramifications extending far into every sphere of womanly action .
Beside their own direct sanitary work , women may do much indirectly through their influence over fathers , brothers , sons , and
the " nearer and dearer ones . " The best and most useful men in sanitary and all labors are other things being equal , invariably
those with wives , mothers , daughters , and sisters , who encourage them in their good work . Men whose benevolent impulses lead
them to enter upon public sanitary or other philanthropic labors , have almost invariably to encounter most depressing opposition
and difficulty in the prosecution of them , and , to the shame of womanhood be it writtenhave often also to meet with
discourage-, ment and want of sympathy by their own firesides . This chiefly from woman's selfishnessignorance , and timidity : selfishness
, which wishes to merge the man and the citizen into the anere breadwinner for his own household ; ignorance that cannot read the
signs of the times , or understand what God is calling men to do ; timidity which fears that " He who feeds the raven , and providently
caters for the sparrow , " will not provide for those who sacrifice personal advancement to carry on His own work . From , the
member of parliament , endeavoring to introduce sanitary legislative measures , and the rich land-owner , anxious to improve the cottages
on his estate , to the poor author or medical man spending his leisure in diffusing sanitary knowledge , all need woman ' s encouragement
and sympathy , and it is part of her divine mission to bestow them largely .
"Women ' s influence is sometimes needed to awake men bo a sense * Inserted in the _" English "Woman ' s Journal" of _Atigust 1858 . Article
" "Workhouse Visiting Society . " ,
vol . in . 2 a 2
Woman's Wobk In Sanitary Reform". 823
woman ' s wobk in sanitary reform " . 823
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1859, page 323, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071859/page/35/
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