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224 LOCAL SOCIETIES; .
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Northumberland And Durham Branch Of The ...
the Employment of Women , consisting * of the ladies here £ > _resent ; . and that the objects of the committee Toeto receive _siibscriptions
gather and diffuse information , and to encourage , , by personal in- , fluence , the introduction of women into such occupations as are
suitable to their powers . " In pursuance of this resolutiona class was opened on Thursday
, , March 6 th , for instruction in book-keeping ; and during a term of three months it was attendedwith more or less regularityby ten
, , _piipils . The progress made by some of the number was very encouraging . In other cases there were great difficulties to contend
with , arising from incomplete knowledge of arithmetic , and the angular handwriting now commonly taught in girls' schools was
also found to be a _serioiis drawback . The class was closed for the summer season on May 80 th , and reopened on Thursday , October
10 th . It is hoped that some of the members of this class will be prepared to pass the Examination of the Society of Arts in 1862 _.- >
. In the month of May , a Register for Governesses -was opened , under the direction of a member of the Committeein the working
, of which some significant facts have been brought into notice . The great disproportion between the number of applications from
governesses as compared with those from employers , and the rates of salary offered as compared with the qualifications required
, combine to show how largely the supply of teachers exceeds the demand .
Much valuable information has been obtained by direct inquiry . In the early part of this yeara letter was addressed to many of the
, principal employers of female labor in this district , containing the following queries : —
_1 . How many women do you employ ? 2 . Are they paid by time or by the piece ?
3 . If by time , what are the weekly wages of those employed in ? each of the different departmentsand what are the hours ?
4 . If by the piece , what are the , average earnings in each departmentfor a day of ten working hours ?
, . 5 . Are the women employed under the supervision of men or women ?
kind To expressions these questions of sympath courteous y with rep the lies work were of received the Societ , with y . It many was ¦
ascertained that a large number of women are employed in various kinds of manual work in shopsat wages ranging from 6 s . to 14 . ? ..
per week . Many hundreds of women , and girls are to be found in the lower and dirtier departments of the factories on the Tyne
In nursery-gardens and at field work—some even in brick-yards . Some are paid by tlie day , others by the piece , but the average
» embracing * It is not a generall choice y of known twenty that -nine the subjects Examinations , are open of . the to Society women . of Arts Pro- ,
g cation ramme to s the conta Secretary ining the of fullest the Society information of Arts m , ay Adel be p obtained hi , London gratis , W , . on C . appli-
224 Local Societies; .
224 _LOCAL SOCIETIES ; .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Dec. 1, 1861, page 224, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01121861/page/8/
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