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Vol. IV. November 1, 1859. No. 21.
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XXIIJ.—THE MARKET FOR EDUCATED FEMALE
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The
THE
ENGLISH WOMAN'S JOURNAL .
PUBLISHED MONTHLY .
Vol. Iv. November 1, 1859. No. 21.
Vol . IV . November 1 , 1859 . No . 21 .
Xxiij.—The Market For Educated Female
_XXIIJ . —THE MARKET FOR EDUCATED FEMALE _* LABOR . A PAPER READ AT THE MEETING OF THE _ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL SCIENCEBRADFORD , 1859 . * ,
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prepare to in admit England of ; being and believing beneficiall that y advocated their claims in extent detail are of so , the I far have advanced Market resolved for as
to confine my attention to the nature and Educated Female Labor . This is but a very small section of the whole ; but since within
its limits are comprised the highest intelligence and the purest morality The proportion , it must be of regarded the entire as of upp the er utmo and st midd importance le classes . to the to
lower is in itself but small ; most people would be surprised , realise how small , for , taken together , the two first do not number half the latternor _consequently a third of the whole population .
It has been roug , hly calculated that the middle ranks are about three times as numerous as the aristocratic , and that the working
classes are about three times as numerous as the middle ranks ; or in other words , of thirteen units , one would represent the
for aristocracy the " , masses three the " So middle that ranks four , parts and the out remaining of thirteen nine are stand all
. with which I now mean to deal ; and of this proportion only the female members ; and of these again only that section which has
present to How gain its will large dail at y is onc bread that e admit . section that ? Let the us theory inquire of . civilised Every life body in here this
and all other countries , not excluding the democratic States of Americais that the women of the upper and middle classes are
supported , by their male relatives : daughters by their fathers , wives assisted * I beg by to my acknowled friend Barbara ge that in Lei the gh _preparation Smith , ( Mrs of . Bodickon this paper . ) , I was B . R greatl . P ., y-
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Nov. 1, 1859, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01111859/page/1/
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