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WHAT CAN EDUCATED WOMEN DO? 225
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; *' We Should Not Omit To Mention That ...
the conditions of factory labor destructive in soul and body to the gentler sex . Stillif this be true , all the more need for her presence
, and inspection ! The third experiment was commenced this very arin a mill near Cheadleand promises to _Tbe most successful .
ye That , every factory employ , ing the labor of women and children should thus afford remunerative employment to the highest class of
working English women , is a practical suggestion , the importance of which can only be truly felt by those , who , like myself , have seen
its results in operation . - _Emigration . Many other kinds of social work in which female workers might
be most successfully started , are suggested to my mind "by the various letters which reach rnesome of which , will be found printed
, in another part of this Journal . Take for instance , the emigration system ; why are there no women to take up and carry out Mrs .
Chisholm's work ? There is a fearful disproportion of the sexes in our Australian colonies , which can only be redressed by persuading
more women to emigrate from England . But it is not an easy thing for a single woman to emigrate ; she is generally ignorant of
business , she does not know where to go nor how to go , she is puzzled in what way to select a ship , and terriiied at the unknown
chances across the sea . A correspondent suggests that any two ladies who would devote themselves to seeking out female emigrants ,
and insuring a safe , comfortable , and reputable transit to one of _OLir colonies , would confer great public benefit . Why cannot this be done
on a regular plan , and in a professional way ? isolated charity alone will not succeed to any great extent . It seems to me that in
in all such some work sort we of must community either , emp otherwise loy paid we agency shall fail or women for want livin of g
organisation . TMs matter rests partly with _government , and partly with emigration companies . Again , if we succeed in sending out
any number of female emigrants , they should be accompanied on their voyage by a good matron , and met on the other side of the
sea by a female superintendent , so that they may be taken first to respectable lodingsand thence drafted out to different kinds of
service . I am g aware , that I am suggesting arrangements which have in various instances been well carried out already , _btit I am sure
that "there is a need among women of all classes for further assistance towards emigration , and I think it rests with educated women to see
how it can be wisely and kindly met . _TuAiNiisra .
How we are to train the women who are so urgently needed in various departments of social laboris a question of considerable
, difficulty . Protestants object to setting apart any class of women who shall be morallbound to lead a life of celibacy devoted to
good works ; yet unless y they are to remain at their posts , where is
the good of giving them an elaborate training ? To this I can only
What Can Educated Women Do? 225
WHAT CAN EDUCATED WOMEN DO ? 225
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Dec. 1, 1859, page 225, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01121859/page/9/
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