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12^8 THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL SCIENCE.
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—~~*>» President Of The Council.—The Rt....
the questions , Is it good that wives and mothers should enter the labor market ? andIs it that domestic comfort should be
sacrificed to industrial , exi necessary gencies ? The happy effects of the less protracted labor which the ten hours' bill introduced , is to be seen
_Ib and in y their six taking ; th ph ey ysical tea must before aspect stand , on coming still their they feet to must a ten place hours rise of at ; instruction and five aft to er be going , at font the h little ome mill
time remains , and but little energy must be left Surely then , the fact that six hundred of these girls should have enrolled themselves inthe Female Institute of Bradfordis a fact that shows willingnes
to . take advantage of the opportunit , y offered . One of the ladies instrumental in the formation of this institution will give an account
of its rise and progress . But , perhaps , a list of the papers to be wi co ntributed ll serve to by show ladie to s , what as far extent as we women are aware are beg of inning such contributions to take part ,
in 64 this _MechanicsV movement Institutions . The following for Working papers Women have been , " by sent Fanny in : Hertz — ;
" Female Factory Workers , " and " Homes for Female Factory Wor " The kers , Industrial " by Miss Emp Holland loyment . of Women" by Miss Boueherett .
, _" The Market for Educated Female Labor , " by Miss Parkes . On "On other the subjects Value of not Hosp directl ital y connected Statistics to with the women Scienc : e — of Public
Healt " Report h , " by of Florence the Workhouse Nightingale Visiting . Society , " by Miss Twining . Claims of
_" On Certified Industrial Schools , " and " On the Ragged Schools In all , " the by Departments Miss Carpenter . of sj _> ecial interest to those who
have at heart the promotion , papers of women io a higher intellectual , moraland social standingwill be read ; and among the
_arrangements , made for the discussion , of special questions , it is proposed to hold a side meeting for the purpose of discussing the employments
of women . This will take place on the evening of Tuesday , the 11 thin StGeorge's Hallwhen a working soiree of the whole
Association , . will take place , , and give an opportunity for those interested in of the questions for which space is set apart , to meet
those who , any throughout the country , are taking a practical part in them . The subjects on which those conversational meetings are
proposed , are—I . Strikes and Trades' Societies .
II . Workhouse Management , and the Workhouse Visiting Society .
III . The Industrial Employments of Women . It IV . is The to be Claims hoped of tha Ragged . t as Schools as possible . of the friends of that
question which especially plaims many our notice , will be present at the meetings , to take part in the discussions to which its still disputed ,
though advancing claims , are sure to give rise ,
12^8 The Promotion Of Social Science.
12 _^ 8 THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL SCIENCE .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Oct. 1, 1859, page 128, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01101859/page/56/
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