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286 OPEN COUNCIL-
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To tlie Editor of the English Woman's Jo...
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286 Open Council-
286 OPEN COUNCIL-
To Tlie Editor Of The English Woman's Jo...
To _tlie Editor of the English Woman ' s Journal . Poor YoTnsr & Gnus .
Madam , in " printing Will you niy permit last me letter to point out 69 an Among error , of the some " importance excuses made to my with credit one ,
accord " by parents and guardians , page . for stint in female education , I am made to say " that mathematics and German are of no use to a lady . " It was Latin f
that I intended . Does not everybody know that Grerman is the fashion vancing I hope their and believe cause . that To have the i : _> an oor young advocate girls at ' all advocates is something are efficientl new and y ad in
itself a great step gained . My letter bears testimony to the truth of A . S . _' s injurious statements to , and both when alike , I , shown too , lamented to brothers the above injustice their done sisters , and , and the proclaimed _partialitj _r , classes to be the
the evil want of society of education , the remed among y seemed women to me of obvious the middle enough . When I quoted greatest the very ending reasonable hindrances comp b laint their of nearest scores relative of " poor sof young their girls trembling " of the irregular
neverefforts at self-culture y , I did not mean " _^ _treasonable , complaints . " _" When would I said the first sun read I did their not text mean ! Skimming the moon . " it with Oh that half those an eye so hast , they y to snatch comment the
respect pen why and they and away began all away possible , or wh it goes at kindl it ; is y so feeling all wide about , of woul the ! Now d mark it , not may that be I one better say cannot with for but those unfei wonder gned who
their are now faculties first to " learning observing the , inquiring existence in of every an evil fitting , " to mode wait and awhile of all to degrees give they of the can middle secure classes a quiet . Beginning half hour ( with or perhaps the first with lady , of gentleman any age , with ) and , whom when
the first crust of reticence and boasting , is broken throug any h , they will , gain an insi carefull ght y they note little all observation dream of and . In that a few it were months well time to , wait if they for . take Let up them the
for they pen vol wit on Ill will , the or as have slap s well ubject - felt dash as part of too for " sadl of poor reasoning a y form young and er . too letter g The irls deep , very " deserve ly it any will clever s more to be letter be with got to of mistake a b A change heart . S ., page fli b d ppancy heart 428 , ;
Eng . lish , woman . I would implore every , reader to study them y well ; y arid every we answer shall hear in advance in due time Hel , — them What to hel can I themselves do for these . yoor young girls ? I p
So much for the , elders p . To the helpless objects of our pity and sympathy and I wo the uld appeal say , Let shall any not write be made to me in at vain the . English Woman's Journal Office ,
I remain , Madam , With great respect , etc .,
A _Giiat-Haiiied Londoner ,
Or _O . H . L .
To The Editor Of The English Woman's Jou...
To the Editor of the English Woman ' s Journal .
Madam , ture Now to that suggest so m to any the educated women portion are of them wanting that emp our loyment ! N ational , may and JBiitish I
ven-Schools offer a means of younger honorable independence in a field which is not yet sary overstocked for those ? who These wish schools to become being under mistresses government to obtain surpervision a certificate , it is of n com cces - -
petency in one or other of the training schools . But I find upon personal
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Dec. 1, 1859, page 286, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01121859/page/70/
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