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not so greftt then as it has since become , but I well remember the time When I first became aware of it . It Was after long rambling iii various parts of Southern America , that I arrived at a town , vfhett I was informed that some foreigners Were attempting to
establish a manufactory . I went to visit them . They were froift one Of th £ northern counties of England , and there were many females atnongst them . The uncouth sounds of their voices grated on mine ears , which were accustomed to the sweetly modulated tones of the Spanish language , and the coarseness of their language dtid manners struck me with astonishment . The voices even
of the Creole negfesses were more pleasing , and their manners infinitely more fefihed . But that which disgusted me above all , was the harsh find tyrannous tone in which the English foreman addressed the workwomen . The whole thing , unexpected as it was , produced an unptefising sensation which did wot wear off for several dayfc .
It is clear that the improvement of the physical Condition of the poor must precede the improvement of their minds , and wheti that is done , the education of the women should tfche place . But in the othef classes of society , there must be art entire change of system * Women tniist be regarded and treated as the equals of men , in ordet to work the improvement of man himself . Be not in
terfor , ye who tread in the steps of your ancestors , and are wise with their wisdom ! I am not going to propose female legislators or female electors ; neither female preachers hot petticoat government . I merely advocate the giving to females the same education as to males—which it is to be hoped will undergo much
improvement ere long . I wish that the education of both males and females should be of that class , which is best adapted to teach the habit of thinking , and of exercising a correct judgment Although men have been unwilling to allow it , the part which women play in society is far mare important than that of men . The business of men
is to provide food for the body ; that of the Woman , in bringing up the children , is to provide food for the mind . How shall a woman without judgment know how to set about such an important work ? HoW shall she teach a child morality , if she herself possess no moral knowledge ? How shall she give the political bias which leads to high and lofty self-sacrificing deeds , if she have no politidftl knowledge to guide her ? Scoff not , ye heretics , at political knowledge in women ! Think first how they are commonly swayed by political feelings of mere party ! Watch an election , and behold the power of women exerted for mischievous or absurd purposes 6 n account of their ignorance , and then think how much good their
influence might accomplish , were they rightly instructed . They might be made to further the progress of good by their influence , as feadily as the progress of evil . Let that consideration strike yfc dumb , and check your unhallowed mockery . Let it not be said flMtt the powers of women are inferior to those of men ! It is found
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2 fttf On the Condition 6 / Women in England .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1833, page 226, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2612/page/10/
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