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92 woman's work in the world's clothing.
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XVI.—WOMAN'S WOBK IN THE WOKLD'S CLOTHIN...
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(Continued.) - II. THE SPINNING WHEEL.
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92 Woman's Work In The World's Clothing.
92 woman ' s work in the world ' s clothing .
Xvi.—Woman's Wobk In The Wokld's Clothin...
XVI . —WOMAN ' S WOBK IN THE WOKLD'S CLOTHING-
(Continued.) - Ii. The Spinning Wheel.
( Continued . ) - II . THE SPINNING WHEEL .
tion In loo with king clothing back to " t "b egan periods with w the hen sowing woman of ' s the work flax in seed connec and - t t k tth
the i the mmense ceas shearing eless amoun of exertion t the of sheep labour which , we w must hich can t n have obu devolved been be required struc upon wi her in order , and e
to obtain even the mere necessaries of life . It would seem that it may have been arlier less times owing that to any superior devoted dili themselves gence in
the coul so dili noble d no gentl t hav ladies y to e kep industrial of t e w pursui ith cons , ts , u t han pt they ion tha h t produc not ever tion reall han y _^
performed its share p of labour ; and while the highes y t had b necessaril urden have y to fallen do some manual the lowest work , " heavil Any y system indeed of labour st the "
upon . , labour says Sir Frederick that Eden fairl , wh calle ich d dooms so which a man to it p er onl petual of y y
the interval , s requisite may for sleep and meal times , subjects him to app the licabili evils ty of of the the savage remark state to a the great : " earlier and par w t of canno the of fe t m bu al t e popu the
la I tion of these islands we k , n during ow what merelt part he needle our wor histoiy k for a . la n our e familinv y olveswhen all is made at y homewithout any aid
d of urability rg machinery of y homespun _; and , making material all due , we deduction may thus , for form the some superior t idea
their of wha own t de attire volved but upon the greater femin par ine t of ances that to worn rs , tvhe by n the no other only sexhad to receive , at their hands all its preparation in every
must stage , have of every been process thus , consumed and of the . vast To economize amount of this time as which much
fancy as pos in sible the , very forming little of was habiliments spent upon . The the law exercise indeed of regulated taste or ht be b
rank the compelled kind of society and them quality , to but wear of necessit the it in cloth a y lainer even that th state mi en g sometimes than worn even leg y further every
islation decreed . At the present p day complaints are sometimes made of the icturesqueness of those subdued neutral tints
indeed which we must Eng have unp lish been so generall the aspect y adopt of our in streets our attire when , garments but sober the of the
were wornas at one time was commonly case , b natural y- any dye colour , ; a of custom the wool the , reason just as for it was which shorn we , may and untinged trace little for
leisure ourselves for in adornment the fact , where that there so much could exertion have been was required very to
obtain mere covering .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Oct. 1, 1863, page 92, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01101863/page/20/
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