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PABIS SOCIETY FOB THE INSTBUCTION OF WOM...
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9, Hue de la JPerle, Paris. If there be ...
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* There Are Few More Satisfactory Occurr...
which may be creditably performed by those who are forced to look out for something they can do for a livelihoodthe difficulties and
, trials of which are not beyond the strength of ordinary women .
E . K .
Pabis Society Fob The Instbuction Of Wom...
PABIS SOCIETY FOB THE _INSTBUCTION OF WOMEN . 189
Xxxv.—Prospectus Of The Society Fob
XXXV . —PROSPECTUS OF THE SOCIETY FOB THE PROFESSIONAL , INSTRUCTION OF WOMEN .
9, Hue De La Jperle, Paris. If There Be ...
9 , Hue de la _JPerle _, _Paris . If there be among * us a condition calculated to awaken interest ,
it is assuredly that of the woman who , without fortune and obliged to provide for her own wants , and often for those of a family also ,
finds no means of employing * herself within her reach . concerned This pitiable ; an eloquent position book is one has with been which devoted our age to narr is ating especiall 1 the y
martyrdom of the garrets ; publicists have turned their attention to itall hearts have been stirred , and the terrible problem is still the
subject , of many theories . We believe that the surest way of arriving at a solution of it is to direct the young girl towards
special studies , which , later , Trill enable her to employ herself usefully without withdrawing her too much from home .
In reality it is not that women want industry , but rather that industry wants women ; good-will , courage , devotion itself , cannot
supply the place of a certain practical knowledge , which , properly speakingconstitutes the industrial art or trade .
But to , acquire this precious knowledge , attendance at workshops is at present indispensable , and hence the hesitation of parents .
In order to ensure perfect safety , it is not sufficient that the masters should be thoroughly honourable—of such there are many ; it is
not sufficient that the men at present belonging to the workshop should be thoroughly respectable—this condition might easily be
met ; but who can foresee changes ? How anticipate the uncertainties of the morrow ?
On the other hand , in entering at an early age on the labours of the workshop , is it not necessary to leave the general education
incomplete , —to break it ofFatthe moment when intelligence is just beginning to shed its first rayswhen the moral sense is so weak
, that it may give way under the least pressure , even in the best natures ? It is in order to try to satisfy this hidden but real want ;
it is in order to meet the fears of parents , that we have formed ourselves jnto a Society .
The enk which we propose to ourselves is to prepare young girls for loyments in trade and industrywhile at the same time
emp , keeping them in the purest mental atmosphere , and giving them
the benefit professional s of a good school moral is b ut t intellectual he carrying education out of this . idea .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Nov. 1, 1862, page 189, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01111862/page/45/
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