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OPEN COUNCIL. 69
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To the Editors of the JEnglish Woman's J...
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To the Editors of the JEnglish Womaris J...
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Open Council. 69
OPEN COUNCIL . 69
To The Editors Of The Jenglish Woman's J...
To the Editors of the JEnglish Woman ' s Journal . _XjADIES ,
not to It be seems discussed to me as that a means the que of stion livelihood of ladies for becoming womenbut physician on far s hi oug her ht , g and grounds more — sadl as a mission enduring of mercy and more towards heroic a class in their of sufferers lonelpain far more than numerous the world ,
y , y , has they any do idea how of much . I know many that women medical confide men to will them laug , h they at this suppose . Knowing that all as women under similar circumstances would do the same . But here they
dured nature make an b of y enormous things women that , as error a they less ; they can torture do know not than , what know submitting unrelieved , and it is to p impossible hysical the mental agony from trial is en the of - from circum
stances soliciting to a have doctor come 's aid much . To in me contact , a lad with y , and delicate one women happening this fact is patent - enoug deep under h ; perhaps the surface to others of things who it have happened be credible to have when been , they consider admitted th less at
three-fourths of all the illness that may exists is found , amongst women and children speaks of . woman It is not as God to be ' s latest believed and , ( or most else perfect it is indeed work , ) a it bitter is not irony to be that
bemuch lieved inferior that woman to that is endowed of man as by needfull her Maker to with entail a physical her organization all this extra so suffering . It does come within the possibility y of belief upon that the means of
cure Do have not let not any as yet one been suppose placed that availabl I write y within from an her exaggerated reach . idea—from prudery or sentimentalism—I write from lamentable knowledge . My _^
who strong enters feeling into is the that medical God ' s blessing profession must from go with a pure every love high and -minded pity to woman such , brave and hopeless sufferers as those I have alluded to .
Jul 15 th 1862 . Yours A trul Lover y , of Invalids . y ,
To The Editors Of The Jenglish Womaris J...
To the Editors of the JEnglish Womaris Journal .
International Processes Exhibition Court , Class , VII . b , 1634 .
Ladies , the number medium I am . Should obli of ged your by your space ssom j _> permit olite e of mention , I should motives of my be in undertaking happy making to exp this in lain centre your , throug , Jul and h y your pagemy
address you from this my public , study . this universal Bein gre g at invited international would to try meet gathering to do the something sentiments , I considered in expressed connexion that to in introduce with the building the a purposes prayer . The for of '
lations next object from peace was the to Eng make lish this into useful various to the languages assembled ; having nations done by g this iving , I trans per-
ceived that a wide field for amusement and mental progress could be furnished by the introduction activecareful of little a thoroug Miniature hly manageable Printing Press library " a coJlection printing
press of souvenirs . From woul an d flow , forth , not in " any way trespassing upon , the book- ' printer's departmentI hope to make arrangements soon that will facilitate '
. this project , and ensure success to the persevering . Yours respectfully ,
Lavinia Jones .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1862, page 69, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091862/page/69/
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