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324 woman's work in sanitary reform.
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( Continued From Page 227. J Those Women...
of their duty with , regard to the physical elevation of tlieir dependents . Nobler words on tMs point can hardly Ibe found tn . an
those of the writer whom we hare before quoted— -the Hev . Charles Kingsley : "A large proportion of your parish work will be to
influence the men of your family to do their duty by their dependents . You wish to cure the evils under which they labor . The
greater part of these are in the hands of your men relatives . It is a mockery for you to visit the fever-stricken cottage while your
husband leaves it in a state which breeds that fever . Your business . is to go to him and say' Here is a wrongright it ! ' Thisas
, , , many a beautiful middle-age legend tell us , has been woman's function in all uncivilised times ; not merely to melt man ' s heart
to pity , but to awaken it to duty . But the man must see that the woman is in earnest : that if he will not repair the wrong hj justice ,
she will , if possible , ( as in those old legends , ) by self-sacrifice . Be sure this method will conquer . Do but say'If you will not
new-roof that cottage , if you will not make that , drain , I will . I will not buy a new dress till it is done ; I will sell the horse you
gave me , pawn the bracelet you gave me , but the thing shall be done . ' Let him see , I say , that you are in earnest , and he will
feel that your message is a divine one which he must obey for very shame and weariness , if for nothing else . " _*'
The sum of the whole matter is then , that we , as wives , mothers , heads of householdseducatorsand supporters of benevolent enter-.
, , prise , are to a great extent responsible for the sore physical evils around us . Till we work for tlieir removal with all our power ,
removed they never can be . Noble , disinterested men are devoting time , talentand money to the improvement of public healthbut
, , their efforts alone will not suffice . Men drain and cleanse our townsand build improved dwellingsbut in them we practise a
, , thousand violations of health ' s laws—men labor and legislate to supply the necessaries of life to all , but we misuse them—men
discover the truths of sanitary science , but we are too ignorant to apply them—so , after allthe work of physical elevation goes on
, but slowly . May we soon learn to do our part in it ! S . U . P .
for general he abov distribu e paper tion will and in the be course sold at the Engli few da sh y " Woman be reprin ' s Journal ted as a Office tract
together Ed . E . W wi . th J . ] the other , tracts issued by the Ladies' Sanitary Association , — ,
* " Practical Lectures to Ladies , " page 56 .
324 Woman's Work In Sanitary Reform.
324 woman ' s work in sanitary reform .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1859, page 324, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071859/page/36/
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