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• i 56 KATIOD^TAIi ASSOCIATION FOR THE
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_XADIEs' _MEETIJTa FOR THE EMPIOYMENT OF _WOjVOHST . \ : A meeting of tlie ladies of Dublincalled' . by tlie Ladies' Reeeptioiir
Committee / on tlie subject of tne emp , loyment of women , was neld at half-past three o' clock , on Monday , August 19 , in the Solicitors *
Buildings . Lord Brougham was present during tlie proceedings . The body of the hall and the galleries were filled with ladies .
Mr . _Hastings , General Secretary to the Social Science Association _^ said the object of the meeting was to form a committee in
connexion with the society in England for promoting the employment of women . As it was thought right that a gentleman froin . Ireland
should take the chair , they had asked the Rev . Dr . Lloyd to do so . _, and he had kindly consented ( hear , hear . )
The chair was accordingly taken b y the Rev . Dr . _LioTio , S _^ F . _^ ¦ ¦ t : c . d . ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' . ¦ ' v . ; . ;¦ The tion Rev C . omniittee Chairman for said the the - meeting of had _iving been an called opportunity "by the to Ladies those '
noble Recep -minded and philanthropic -purpose ladies who had g given so much of their _timei co and educated -operation talent women s to of the the , of great ladies stating soci of al the Dublin question result in of the of their the same labors remunerative object , . and The of emp soliciting ladies loyment would the of '
exp Miss lain tlie Bessie views Parkes that guided then came them , forward and state and the was results reeeived of their with labors _lausel . She said she had frequently been asked to , tell what they had been app doing in ; lan to
beg London in at , the and beg what inning their , and objects tell were what , and had she been * thoug their ht the progress best , p even was at the risk that of the telling precursor what of would this movement be to many concerning an old tale the . emp It always loyment appeared of women to was her
to sixteen be found years in ago the under Governesses very high ' patronage Benevolent , and Institution with a purel , established y philanthrop vabout ic David menced object After . Laing the It was thre enterprise , who e some or b four y years his and death before carried of left it early a it began blank out strugg to most which work les successfull the ; could but institution the not y man easil was came y who the be to filled com Rev be - .
and under up . other the distinguished patronage of the pers years Queen ons . j There the Prince were Consort a number , the of gentlemen Duchess of on Kent the , in details board distress . of The management , an objects annuity of fund and the , a and society ladies a provident ' included committee fund temporary , who , to carried the loans latter out to of many governesses which of the the
paid subscri into ptions it by in governesses the course of ; there the year were were also so a large home as for £ 1 . 6 gov , 000 ernesses , which while were under put . of the employment head , a , of system G-overnesses of emigration ' Benevolent , and an Institution asylum for " the . IFor _agedr the
one " . entrance into _^ the asylum , and for the conferring of annuities , elections were held twice a year , and a small book was published containing lines a to list of '
fifty applicant candidates ' s case , for and each the fri election ghtful record . This there list gave set forth about of the ten destitiition each and * * desolation into which educated women fall was the most heartrending thing ' to her
that she had there eyer must read be in something her life . wrong . When , when she first so saw many this educated list it occurred women could fall to her into to such be the a condition cause of ( having hear ;) and thing the publication done in reference of this report to tlie condition appeared
of well-educated women . The first any thing done was the publication of The p E loyment _nglish W of oman women ' s . Journal Miss Jessie , dealing _Boucher with ett every being thing ? desirous relating of effecting to the em the - -
employment of ladies in shops , joined with the originators of The English .
• I 56 Katiod^Taii Association For The
• i 56 _KATIOD _^ _TAIi _ASSOCIATION FOR THE
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1861, page 56, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091861/page/56/
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