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-*&*• To The Jeditor Of The English Woma...
they situation grow s up of different the sons kinds emigrate where or marry they can at home all just ; the ke daug ep themselves hters end wiil their ; not as
leave savings their , they mother also destitute would g ; ladl as y her emi health grate , fails hut , they they graduall will not y leave sp their raise the to her
mother to the workhouseand cannot money pay passage mothers and their they own would also . have If , our ahundance Colonial of Emi daug gration hters who Societies would would pay for pay them for
residence is selves formed . , "We b and y which speak continued some now from clo of se the connection personal mothers excessive knowled of with the the girls ge demand colonies acquired can he for ; taken until female by some also some workers , years there plan
and in out will one ,- ruinous under be p no lace substantial the , to or the care supp object , as l relief y it in intended is the g called iven other to , of the . If a The instead matron "way and in of whi surgeon ch ing g the irls is whole are disgraceful now of sent the
mittees girls' passage would , and a the gratuity full to the . for matron six or and ei surgeon ht mothers pay , the in emigration each ship , com and - passage g
them part passage a few days for pay ' their board daug and hters lodg , ing nieces on , their and friends arrival sent would , , onl we y be could engag engaged g ing ive to almost before find
have landing any security such . A . matron office that any who onl number y has is worse not who her than own could useless daug be hters in a on ship board ; no ; woman and in should every
board comfort female should emi and an grant be free ship passengers , of two the or three also , at as a they least lon are of the absolutel fathers We y necessary have of daug made hters for many the on
Australian and long voyages colonies protection , and and felt also the women tbe painful dreary on want prospect g of voyage respectable for . thousands females of them in the in
Eng It land is said , and there would are , most now g th nearl ladl at y y fact hel a million p alone to relieve of more much either women . than men althoug in Great h
many Britain and of see ; far we unbounded more do not consequence think terrors in — it that ; to the us there women is who another consequence wotild fact make , more , the certain best
name wives and must mothers also honor do not to marry obey is at then all . easy Women and whose delightful love . is It worth is said the by *
and all male mothers writers , in on that female , it dutie is the s , that first the duty first of duties woman of women to are get . as married wives
at leasant all risks duties . ; From but in experience case the present we would moral say state , marriage every of mankind may it be is one a of great our
meet p less experiment necessary with , and to whom , one our which happiness is love becoming and honor respectability yearl and y more obey : if doubtful it we is are the so of happ blessed success iest state as and to
in relations this world ? one We ; may but if have we we can do health not , must strength , we , , live education unwilling , , and pensioners ability , and upon would our
have industry , economy , perseveranc , e , more than most men , but , _% ve cannot _% vorh No sensible woman wishes the much to do talked man's of work follies of providing of , if who he will smoke and
drive storm can do , . " and * it , , W or as e to it as defend is women very trul would y said - make , " t no - ry objection to take a to simp wom such leton en a barren ' s heart con by - ,
not quest the , believing women , who a simp want leton , work and and such true a woman independence well who matched . will Bo not , not but work our these police and are and divorce courts show that there are men ;
does not our dailintercourse with life show many many who cannot work , or in Utop any way ian or provide visionarv y for the in their wants of scheme of hters their s and whose families hopes hearts . for Eng the lish in future the women work ; it are is if not the it
ing p mothers leases we have God , more that His especiall blessing our dau y , ghters on daug our should exertions marry , we , as will far make as are we it can impossible , and believ _; for
them to choose to lovehonorand obey those who think a woman cannot be , ,
* Universal Magazine / May 1859 .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1859, page 426, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081859/page/66/
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