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28 FEMALE MIDDLE CLASS EMIGRATION.
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In Re-Introducing Tlie Subject Of Female...
printed ray letter , and the following comment was subjoined : — " Miss Rye proposes sending * out women . to these colonies female ants
of a class a little above that of ordinary serv . As quite our possible space was that so the occup letter ied was with overlo Parliamentary okedor that proceedings it did not , at it all is
events obtain so much attention as it really , merits . The proposal Is admirable in itself , and is deserving of all the assistance and
countenance the press and the colonists can lend it . Occupied as our space now is with other matters , we cannot go into the question _,
at this time at length , but we will take care to do so before the departure Miss R women ye ' s of proposal v the as next is be mail to sent pay . out Incidentall a fair in Government sum y for we the may passage emi mention grant of shi such that ps
young and to send them may out only in such small batches as to admit of , arrangements for their loymentbefore or immediately on
arriving . Meanwhile Miss emp Rye and , her friends may rest assured that we shall not lose sight of their benevolent and most
praiseworth Nor y was project this . " the only notice which the proposal received . It was
followed by a communication to this effect : — " The proposition spoken of is admirable , and would meet with most liberal support ,
If fairl Sy ag dney itated understood , and by Van circulars . Diemen We and _' s are Land introductions . loy The ing position to exnecessitate Adelaide must , , however as Melbourne domestic , be ,
the servants most y , uninstructed nurses for our class hosp of emp itals females and who private can attendance emigrate , viz , about . the
Irish peasantry . They possess many good , even noble qualities , but are unfitted , from the absence of education , to supply that class of would do
usefulinstructedand well-conducted women who good in this , country , both , to families in need of such aid and to themselves . In very many instances , too , they would be better adapte 2
to become wives of men in good circumstances than the extravagant , now useless come , and out slang . Inste race ad affecting of the present to be considered exportation first of fas class t young / who
ladies , with their smattering of accomplishments , we need the prewomen sence amongst who would us , of for some a while clever ( at , modest least until , and their industrious real merits women were - _^ -
discovered ) stoop to an apparently menial situation ; and these "would be sure to succeed .
prepared _" Let such to face onl the y determine world with to courage throw away in the their colonies pride mile , , and and s round come they must doabout the lace ( and for m
. Wages vary p any with in a populous such food and , indul thriving gence district as to n ) atural from £ enjoyments 20 to £ 40 , and per an general num ,
treatmentas will admit with no comparison that I am aware of elsewhere , . I may add , as the result of my own experience , that the best educatedthe best bredand the most thorough gentlewoman
has ever been , found best calculated , and most willing to brave the
28 Female Middle Class Emigration.
28 FEMALE MIDDLE CLASS EMIGRATION .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1862, page 28, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091862/page/28/
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