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52 THE NEEDLEWOMAN AS NURSE.
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Labor Women To The Very Is Great Attribu...
having She when was she been for recovered weeks strained incapacitated b it y was the sli always ght for concussion afterwards work , the of an nerves the effort head of to ; her indeed fix eye her . s ,
siht on her workand , thus her needle lagged while time flew by , years and g her , however gains , she consequentl , held on y , strugg became ling diminished against exterior adversit . . For No y one two in every could full shapemaintaining always a respectable
by have little , guessed all her at the clothes sacrifices , save made her best to ensure suit , were it , however sold ; had . and Little a she bit positively assured me that for two winters she had never
of flannel the blankets on her person of her . bed So were reduced sold was and she how at she last existed _, that she even assured me was a wonder to herself , . It was just at this the and here
_io she expense point this had she point of j was oined a sep she led one ar again ate to of app lod the begged l g y ing for workers . Having work advice in at broug her and house ht Society hel her , p to , history what save to the up do
to better her , fortunes . It so my happened that that very day a of gentleman hisan aske invalid d me lad if I . knew I at of once a general sent for servant Mrs . T for a friend , and y
note ; was asked very to , her the anxious if lady she thoug to I rememb try ht it she , and er could however according undertake his ly remarking Mr the . situation gave as she . her She left a
. , , , vthe went room that , " evening That she and seemed waited too on good the lad for y the . There place . " were Mrs First , however . T : she , two difficulties in the of her engagement .
one or way to did keep not daily understand in order cooking which . she Secondl could y : not there undertake was" a bri . g The ht stove lady
, and demurred willingness , but being to please very , much kept her pleased some with time Mrs / talking . T to ' s her man very ner
kindl a portion " she Without y . would of divul her have troubles ging liked all , so adding her to have history she nursed was , Mrs very . and T sorry waited she said on did she the not related lad suit y , ;
for experience as that indeed of what she sickness felt quite was . competent I do not , for exactl she y remember had I think had sad the the link upon wh ? ch her after good fortune hung .
lad bein y g ' s p doctor leased happ with ened her ; to but call at , and any rate talked , she with to left Mrs her . a T very told favorable her himself she , impression on the lady , who , on parting ,
would endeavor to secure her another situation . Mrs . T returned cation . to I me then very , hearing disappointed that at , however the " Nursing , in the Sisters sent result her ' Association of with her a app note li " - they often much in want of good nurses
rules ¦ to the , are however Principal , , of strong this Society ly recommending is , that no a woman trial , of having her . One a husband of the < alive can be admitted as a Sister j although , of course , Mrs . T —' s
husband was never likely to trouble her , still , the rule was
52 The Needlewoman As Nurse.
52 THE NEEDLEWOMAN AS NURSE .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1862, page 52, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091862/page/52/
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