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150 OUE TRADESWOMEN.
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wor redu k ced so . th This at ther , h e would ver , s woul till he d a not lack increase of emp the loyment quantit for y the of
whole , eight ; and when wages had fallen to the lowest point on the as wh full ic case h th emp supposed e workmen loymen would t could coul be d no two subs t h ) i s must t , even ta quit ined w , h the so en many f trade ully emp ( as wh wo loyed ich uld in ,
b obser e necessary ved that to this leave reduc ful tion l work of " for ges the rest not . produced _ISTow it must by the be
w con ill trary either is the of t very he ori -revers ginal e of addi what tiona they l wor would kmen permit , but if on they the
num ch cou arged ld bers he , as lp and a it . fa as ult It they arises upon hav any simp e al . l ly It from ri woul ght d th to be e live increase difficult , it canno to of say th t b in
t dri he ven case out whi of ch we the have trade put , but whi if ch we of the eight the men number would b to comprise both sexes , it ; will be easy suppose to see it could not be the womenFor however low the waes miht be at which the
men could . workthe womenas w g e have g seen abovecould p b exis lo een ym t on ent ged . less The a , gains and objection , t would women , always then en , g , w g therefore hic ing h in trades command be , on the indeed full groun , em has d -
of injury to the existing body of workmen means , when fairly examine selves b d , this— occ th u at women tion carr have ied no on ri ght men to . maintain It means them this
and noth y ing y elsefor we have shewn that y the injury complained _, l of abourers follows inevitabl d to , obj y from t to the a simple adding effect is to _' to the object number to the of
cause wh , ich produces it . But necessary on what grounds can it be pretended that men have an inherent riht to the monopolof
gy intellectuall any employment y more whatever fitted for ? it If than they women be either , they are physicall entitled y or to
the advantage Nature gives them , and need not fear comin petition reason ; but forbidding is there any a woman law , h to uman or d in ivine an , or anything loyment
which suits , her powers ? _Nature engage has endowed emp men and women them for with its own different advantage gifts , but And has althoug left h each it is sex to be free regretted to use
. wh that ich partial causes injury it is perfectl should justifiable be produced we , must even not thoug forget h the that act
individual hardship is the y price of general , benefit . The welfare of the population as a whole has been promoted by
improvements which have "invariably inflicted temporary suffering on particular istsof the classes inning . The -jenny invention the women of printing who * had ruined lived the by
copy ; sp , present spinning day ; of the the scanty stocking work machinery of the , needlewomen the knitters ; is and lessened in the )
still more by the sewing machine . But the evil is partial and
150 Oue Tradeswomen.
150 OUE _TRADESWOMEN .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 2, 1864, page 150, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_02051864/page/6/
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