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146 ON THE CHOICE OF A BUSINESS.
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the colonieswhere every kind of working man , and some kinds of working" , women are in demandis to occasion inconvenience .
, To handicraft compel requiring a stout lad no who exertion had , intende to change d to his engage plans , in and some embark easy occasion inconvenience
in But some to take manl the y and work laborious from those trade who , is have to it not in their power to .
their turn to bread any in other the colonies kind of emp b loyment etter than , and in Eng who land could , the not market earn any
For for them the active being fitted and overstocke for strong the weak d to there engage is as an , here act without , of is blameworth to necessity cause starvation , y in selfish em - - . ployments ,
ness Needlework . being a sedentary employment requiring little and is
streng to the th muscularl , is peculiarl strong y well who suited require * to active the feeble exercise , . Nature injurious here ,
_sas labour in many and other punishes y instances those , , has who pointed infringe out her the rules proper , hy division destroying of
, their health . Teaching is not injurious to those the who strong have , thoug another h in some respects and
suited to the weak alsobut opening , are blessed with health , and have streng other th , should avail and themselve must teach s of it ,
for numbers of persons no opening or ment beg ; those in another therefore direction who can should obtain not equall fail y to remunerative do so ; and emp this loy not
to onl themselves y on the low but ground on the that hi , h it ground will in that the end so to prove act will advantageous be for the g
hene _^ . t of all . , There are , however , exceptions to this rule in the of teachers
case . inferiority One great of cause their of education the want of A emp reall loyment y superior for women well qualifie is the d
. person teacher is because therefore b a the benefactor instruction to she her affords sex when her pup she ils becomes , she will a y
enable them ; to earn , a good livelihood hereafter , which they would not have been able to do had they been ill taught . On this
teachers account ill as they qualified will infallibl women y are injure doubl the y prospects bound not of their to become
unfor-, tunate It will pup , perhaps ils . , be well to mention some other employments for
women . Professions connected with literature and the arts need not be be
to spoken enter of on , as these all who agreeable possess avocations sufficient taste , but and I may talent to observe will that sure that a
of new house thoug decorators h humble . branch They of paint art is the being doors coats opened , of shutters women , & and chiefl — other
woodwork in oil colours with . various A lad kinds of of acquaintance designs , has arm had s , par c t , of the y woodwork of her house y thus my decorated with coats of arms and
mottoes connected with her husband's family .
146 On The Choice Of A Business.
146 ON THE CHOICE OF A BUSINESS .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Nov. 1, 1862, page 146, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01111862/page/2/
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