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    362 ON THE OBSTACLES TO THE

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    sphere of industry , and to urge that every facility ought to be given to - At enable last them the leading , to support journal themselves itself was . touched , and thus gave its

    fi and at " . We that sincerel we may y hope no longer that a see new women system who may , like be instituted men , must at needs once ,

    turn often to lalbor for their breadcondemned , unlike men , to the ranks alternative of one of becoming miserable , and according hopeless to , their calling positions , or left , either with the distressed single l { November 8 th

    is needlewomen 1359 deficiency . The point or of distressed , therefore loyment governesses , may for be women considered . "— that Times as this decided , " deficiency that ther is a e ,

    serious a evil ; and emp that it is desirable to institute ; a new system by which The the points evil , then may , which be remedied it now . concerns us to consider to the , are , in what

    most ral the impediments emp expeditiousl loyment of consist y women and which effectuall be , and to oppos take in y overcome what e each themselves manner department . For they this of more can obj industry ect be gene the the

    best discuss upon p which lan the will obstacles -wom , perhaps en that are , now lie in endeavoring their to path the . to class We enter will of , b workers y beg itself in , with who and such loyments as are interesting

    stand emp hihest in the social scaleand to whose fate attention has lately g been afterwards drawn by the paper and , read favorabl at Bradford commented by Miss Bessie on by

    the army Parke " of s Times , governesses and " and various are published generall other y recruited newspapers from . y The the upper ra , nks division inferior of the classes of h belong to an

    grade the of the daug . middle Ladies hters of who professional considerable enter society upon men number , this thoug , occupation naval many officers also are , the and not daug unfrequentl poor hters clergy of y -

    men , but a very are the tradesmen profession . Neither ; that they is there compete any doubt with that each far other too , many undersell enter each on till the salaries

    . duced other , to and a rate thus which bring to renders down dress their it herself quite own impossible neatl value , and for at a the person same are receiv time re-

    lay ing of b onl y y a provision average is to find pay some for her fresh old occupation age . The for onl y the , y remedy numbers for of this middle state

    must class things women be of who a nature are obli requiring ged to earn intelli their gence bread rather , and the than occupation bodily

    clerkshi streng The th ps emp . of loyments various clerks which kinds in banks . most Women post readil office mi y g sugge ht clerks be st copy themselve they ing sometimes clerks s , are in

    law are office but they s , and might be thus emp ; loyed - far more frequently than is , the caseThere is also another employment for which women

    London would now be and eminentl . probabl y suitable y in the . Many country of the also , smaller are unable shop to keepers manag in e

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Feb. 1, 1860, page 362, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01021860/page/2/