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    XL.—LETTERS ON THE EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN. We have received during the month so many able and suggestive communications on ^ the subject of Employment for Women, that we have concluded to present our readers with some of them in place of the usual Notices of Books, and beg to commend them to their special consideration*—Eds. E. W. J.

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    63, Rutland November Grate, 8 London th,...

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    Xl.—Letters On The Employment Of Women. We Have Received During The Month So Many Able And Suggestive Communications On ^ The Subject Of Employment For Women, That We Have Concluded To Present Our Readers With Some Of Them In Place Of The Usual Notices Of Books, And Beg To Commend Them To Their Special Consideration*—Eds. E. W. J.

    XL . —LETTERS ON THE _EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN . We have received during the month so many able and suggestive communications onthe subject of Employment for Women , that we have concluded to present _^ our readers with some of them in place of the usual Notices of Books , and beg to commend them to their special consideration *—Eds . E . W . J .

    63, Rutland November Grate, 8 London Th,...

    63 , Rutland November Grate , 8 London th , 1859 , . S . _"W .

    _Madabc , tlie Having advantag * been e of prevented reading your from paper going on to Bradford the education , I had and not emp till loyment yesterday of

    educated women . that other I observe there public may you bodies be suggest difficultie should that be s open about the examinations to op women ening to as women well of the as the Universitie to men examinations . I s fear and will do the favor

    institute to read the d by enclosed Oxford programme and Cambridge of the examinations : but if you of the Society me of Arts to for women 1860 , with in all the respects appendix as readil , you y will as to see men last that ; and these The that examinations some women also are obtained the open

    certificates at the examinations in May . * same was case in 1859 . . The At be foll page suitable owing 7 of the appear to programme to sex me Arithmetic to you be wi those ll see of Book the the s - ubj keep twenty ects ing in -five Al which gebra subjects we Geometry examine which .

    tory may Astronomy and Literature , Botany your , , P Latin olitical . and and Roman Social History Economy , , , French Geograp , , German hy , Eng , , lish and His the - , Theory A woman of Music that . had obtained from tlie Society of Arts a certificate of the

    first ment and as a second book-keeper class in ; book and one -keep cannot ing , could see wh scarcel y the y wives fail to obtain and daug emp hters loyand sisters of commercial men should not act as their book-keepers . You

    are of course aware that women are employed to a considerable extent in the offices I doubt of electric whether telegrap they hs could . be well engaged in the duty of inspecting limited

    and school an s , extent as it can of area scarcel sufficient y be discharged to afford efficientl the requisite y over experience a very proves area very ; be fatiguing more comfortabl to male inspectors y circumstanced . I cannot if _* but instead think of that being many a governess a lady would in a

    more family independent , she were the , have mistress more of time a national to herself school , and for be at girls least . She equall would y well be emp The loyed advantages . of the peculiar mode of examination adopted by the Society

    distance of Arts would ; and ther be appreciated e _woulct be no by unp ladies leasant . They excitement would not or disp have lay to before go to the a examiners . thinkl

    great otherwise tion t The of wants question edu , c you ation of which can female , i . e improve ., you if education you _ppdpose the can , inprove m to is arket deal I think for the with female education , is the , I want labor of , of , females and simp some one y , external a but of ques the not

    _standard such as the Society of Arts , now , supplies , . .

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Dec. 1, 1859, page 270, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01121859/page/54/