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XL—OPEN COUNCIL. * (As these pages are intended for general discussion, the Editors do not hold themselves responsible for the opinions expressed.)
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To the Editors of the English Woman's Jo...
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Xl—Open Council. * (As These Pages Are Intended For General Discussion, The Editors Do Not Hold Themselves Responsible For The Opinions Expressed.)
XL—OPEN COUNCIL . * these intended for discussionthe Editors do not hold ( As pages themselves are responsible general for the opinions e , xpressed . )
To The Editors Of The English Woman's Jo...
To the Editors of the English Woman's Journal . u educated Ladies pon May one , I ask of the for many a little lit points space ? While int in o your which thoroug v , aluable the hl question acknow Journal led of Au the to g us say t emp that 22 a loyxnent few the , 1861 words Times .
of this mornin women g is q uite right in attributing y many of the g difficulties which surround are ; often unwilling s question to to acce women pt its th necessary emselves , who conditions , while , seeking I must e heg mplo to yment give ,
and an emp upon hatic which denial they to one proceed of the to facts argue which . I have they not cooll read y assume Mrs . as Over certa end in ' s , ments speech , and the canno Times t therefore but I trust jud they ge how are far based her on _proj a misappr _^ osal justifies ehension the of com her
meaning . _, rece of Th lab ive e or Times ; askin . Where says g for , there remunerative are these is a c women lass of em ? p women loyment I have never and king thinking heard work of it such a yet d . is ashamed g _Biit race this to pay
I am quite sure of , if they do exist , they are not fit to be trusted with work , which the I have money they been for would thrown it , wh assuredl ich for they some y do certainl time _^ _rery y would ; they a variety not are k now of workers fit how to to be and sp trusted end would . wit -be h
mechanica workers , rang l drud ing from and the hi I g am her thankful departments among to of labor I never down heard to but the merest of two instances where gery women , seekinemloyment say des , ired to conceal their name
or the fact of their wanting work g . On p the contrary , I have seen with surhas prise been and acknow pleasure led h ow b universall all the women y the d with ignity whom of labor I have and conversed independence evert _?'" y
been _hy th ta ose inted who with , from the g notion k of educat that i " wor and k" refinement was " low , " and ght " un nat genteel urally , . " have t is but ust to ive this testimonto thabsf ecies of vul
and I foolish j prejudice g ; and I may a y , that e so ence . far -sfrom oone findin sp g women gar in beneath general al th armed e class at in the which prospect the of we taking re born . any I _situation have been which struck mig ht seem their y y
ladies extreme of willingness good sense to do g anything ood manner for which s confessin , they g were that suited as they . I hav were e seen not " accomplished" they must be satisfied with some mechanical work or manual
occupation . fectl have Where ver fair y it rare and has ly been allowable indeed a question heard And the of when associating objections I have with which offered those would of loyment a hav lower e been with grade per an , I -
apology y that it might be . of a kind beneath the applicant emp , it has generally been than could kfull take y acce ? pted . " Is i it fit for a gentlewoman hea ? Is in it employment two
in a stances lady where the " clai are m qu to either ons title I hav was e never more than rd , dubious save . one or pursuing untramme which There is to f is lle or no be d a done b few doubt y hours at ears that the , is and time women to unfettered ield and have a in handsome the before by way regulations independence their they eyes please , and an , which on ideal w which hic '" h is , to a they f k be , " -
more may re prosai tire ; c b reality ut the , y dre p ers , e is ver sl y anc ly , and punc surel tuality y g , iving order p , and e in to dustry the stern , thr er oug and h which a livelihood be dearlboughtand God grant that the
may y ; among opportunity many women of read doing y and so . anxious to pay this price , one-half may obtain the *
The Times seems to doubt the number of women , wanting employment :
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1861, page 70, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091861/page/70/
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