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BXIII.—THE LADIES' EVIDENCE. POOR
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Bxiii.—The Ladies' Evidence. Poor
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drawing During to the a close sittings . of the Select Committees appointed to consider ld reland
and three report ladies on were the sever subject ally of summoned Poor Relief to g in ive Eng evidence and an , and I were , ondition of and
workhouses children _jammed either at considerable the broug causes ht of up length those from distinct , infancy upon the and or c repulsive temporaril characteristics y women relieved in
whichmark ; off the female portion of the pauper population from the living mass around them would ; and the course which of womanl counteracting y
intelli evil gence conditions and experience whether arising suggest from defective as a means legislation or corrupt administration , of lawwhich have nurtured a growth of misery our
profli charitable gacy , organization and crime , , which cannot it reach takes , and our- matured whole expensive a crop of ni vagrancy a <) hine : ry ,
of reformatory and prison discipline to act upon even repressively . The appearance of those ladies then the and there—the calling of them legal
into councilas it werewhen important question _provision epoch ; iii for social , the history destit , ut we , e came had almost to be grav said ely in discussed -statesmanshi , marks p , too an comment in
than pages momentous the . More ladie to s be fitting who passed thus represent came over forward without atives could to a state wordof not unprejudiced have , been op selected inion our ,
of p this lead a occasion remed the cause y for with of preyentible dturib such quiet , suffering but dignity deadl multitudes took y evils her , . and Each place urge lad in the y the who adoption witness upon
devotion chair , " - '' appeared to a noble - \ vith cause the and indisputable a life spent claim in earnest to be thoug heard h perhaps which
at times inglorious work , , caa alone confer . Intelligence , social
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1861, page 405, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081861/page/45/
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