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6 WOMEN AND POLITICS.
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Why May Not Women Take An Interest In Po...
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her the household imag trimming , ination work - of b t the y o trimming plan dress , her that two dinner she or three has to arrange boug others ht — , that and she has she to sa would to tisf fix y : _;
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wha W t is speak there that waste she real d , ly of need waste give labour her , mind and long to ? for the one mourn to be cultivate over the d loss , for in either other case to bu t it ; usefull is as nothing y applied compared . We- '
to the loss from waste thought prevailing , up and down in every portion of the kingdom in women ' s minds . Thought is either the
for basis good o inion f every or is evil the action . All —the public ground opinion -work beg f of ins all in that thinking that is done have .
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purposes calmlt ? She resul woul t of d wise be listened and quiet to if thinking she spoke . g wisel Her y voice and
would y lose , none of its sweetness because its tones were undul she ated listened by intelli to gence what ; she her could eye would understand not be —her less smile bright would because
bejust subjects Wh as y richl may and not g form en a ial woman even inions t think houg wi h about h her regard mind these to were great them nobler and intelli . prac gentl tical y
and grace , fully , in a op manner suitable for a woman ? And then whshe not ive the world the benefit of these opinions
by y expressing may them g in a gentle unobtrusive way fitted for the nature of a woman ?
read Because even un wom to the en are end p . atient , I have hope of my paper being ;
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6 Women And Politics.
6 WOMEN AND POLITICS .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1863, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091863/page/6/
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