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interest . He denied that any body of men had a _right to exclude women from their loyment because they fear that _^ _from the
introduction of women emp their wages should be reduced . He did not think that would be the case , as was proved by the fact that Miss
Faithfull paid women the same -wages as men . He trusted the of the Associationand the pressure of Parliamentwould
pressure be brought to bear on Government , , in order to induce them , to make better provision for the emigration of females . The
argufirst ments duty used it by was Mrs to . Bay attend ley app to lied their only homes to married and bring women up , _^ _h wiiose their
children as they should do ; but he trusted there was no lady who would feel that the slihtest reproach attachedto unmarried women ,
g , because they industriously earned their bread rather than become a burthen on others .
Mr . _Jodstes , of Glasgow , said in all the manufacturing towns women were largelloyedbut as he understood the'
observations madethey referred y emp to the , introduction of women as skilled , laborers . He thought the question should not be looked upon as one
of antagonism between both sexes , for he did not think there was - anything antagonistic between them . The question to be
considered was—What effect female labor would have on the wag _* es of men . Workmen , like others , do not desire to legislate for their
trade in special cases like this . He did not think the tradesman would object to the matter by itself ; but the _question the printer ,
for instance , had to ask himself was—What would be the effect of female labor upon his wages ? He felt assured that female labor
would undoubtedly reduce the price of labor . Only one branch of the printing trade was fit for females—the book or general jobbing
trade . The newspaper department was totally unfit for them . If , for instance , he put his wife into his own trade , and _, if she only
earned what he could earn himself by keeping her at home , that would gain him nothing .
Mr . Smith , of Edinburgh , advocated the employment ofwomeri , and contended that the fact of the reduction of wages was not an
argument against women earning an honest livelihood . He sympathised strongly with those papers which recommended women to find
employment wherever they could find it , and lie recommended lady doctors .
Miss Bessie Paekes said if gentlemen thought that the writers of the several papers did not see the difficulties which surrounded the
question they were hardly fair towards them . In many cases men purchased the labor of women , and they never asked whether it
was injurious to them or not . There was a large surplus of women , whichaccording to the Timeswould fill three great towns in
Eng asked land , was , thre that e the in Scotland question , should and , two be in _consideied Ireland , therefore as one of all very she
great importance . There was something wrong as regarded the position of women in England , as was the case in France , and no
doctrinaire remedy would remove the evil .
54 National Association Fob The
54 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION _FOB THE
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1861, page 54, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091861/page/54/
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