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Vol. XIII. May 2, 1864. No. 75.
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XXV.—OUR TRADESWOMEN.
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of so One favourabl Women of the " y str...
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The
THE
ENGLISH WOMAN'S JOURNAL .
PUBLISHED MONTHLY .
Vol. Xiii. May 2, 1864. No. 75.
Vol . XIII . May 2 , 1864 . No . 75 .
Xxv.—Our Tradeswomen.
XXV . —OUR TRADESWOMEN .
Of So One Favourabl Women Of The " Y Str...
of so One favourabl Women of the " y strongest will commenced be successful grounds by the for is " hop Society the ing necessity that for the the out Emp experiments of loyment which
millions they t have what of arisen women they . in can It Eng may earn land be by , regretted have their no own mean that labour s upwards of subsistence but of two the ,
excep , p itself necessity loyment a guarantee which hitherto leaves that carried if them they on no by alternative men themselves alone , but or to qualified to starve seek em , for is
the task they will take a permanent prove place among the trades of the countryThe present movement is not the offspring of
ostentawoman tious and . which ill-regulated Nature never fancies gav , led e , but astray a sing by imag le-minded inary ri effort ghts to of alone
that leaves follow they that open are path to onl them which fulfilling . In the doing circumstances the this intentions it is reasonable of their of Providence position to presume ; for
as the institutions y of man are on the whole directed and overwe ruled must by s the Almi that ghty what equall becomes y with the as in operations this case of inevitable Nature ,
is _designed uppose . Nor is the novelty of the , attempt a just , argument , against it . If the scheme be new , the circumstances been in are new
also . Truewomen have in all past ages general will dependent always upon , remain men so , but Their we have primary no ri and ght holiest to infer duties that they no
. doubt are those of wives and mothersand from , seeing them almost exclusively in those characters , , we have social erroneously
one ments concluded -third of an of that increasing the they sex in have this civilization no country other hav . to But e fill made these the it impossibl positions arrange , e and for - when Nature
it would therefore seem that the time has come pendentl intended lain to all y . a that portion Wit there hout of , is howev the no sex choice er , to dwelling left maintain Even on themselves this if well view founded , inde it is
p . , VOL . XIII . L
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 2, 1864, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_02051864/page/1/
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