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    48 THE NEEDLEWOMAN AS NURSE.

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    Labor Women To The Very Is Great Attribu...

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    fact not strikes enoug so trained h much its of roots earth spared in disci for in unprepared common the line education for growth exertion soil that of . our Were there girls y the would ; promises were pruning not they - be dep knife , in so much , after distress by prevalent p them , . The specific callings

    In life appropriated to man stand among out in clearly defined circles , Inviting youths to cultivate their tastes , and select the for of themselves

    find paths profession of independence or for trade self- , advancement it . is Once generall entered y there a man within . ' Competition s own fault gates if indeed he any cannot , one he

    must room prepare to encounter . But , all having the , same chance as This himself want , abilit of choice y finds in its female level . labor is what every searcher into

    the causes of woman ' s destitution finds to be at the root of their distressThere is no classification or adaptation of mind or work ,

    and even . where natural inclination points out any specific channel of usefulnessthere are few defined circles of accepted independence

    admittance at whose door . , Those they may who bring succeed their in letters getting of credit into suitable and knock posts for and the

    of usefulness , do so by the leadings of Providence looked to help independence of in energetic vain on friends "With the . the hi Had gh increasing -road they to relied povert number on y , finding they of self would finger -dependent -posts have

    women these it , is such that hel . causes ps by such the confusion way are much and general needed . disorganization The lack of lfor what

    emp In can women do loyment , they ' s , labor all jostling rush . Not as against a last knowing resource one unfair where another to the to needlework in app every y grade -market , they and for

    underselling their own labor by competition . great To thin a boon the as ranks any one of this can army confer of on needleworkers the whole class is perhaps . In the as

    futureit can only be accomplished by training our girls to other employments , ; in the present , by sifting the capabilitie have s of such _,

    dilection applicants and , and where placing their them usefulness in spheres can be for tested which and they appreciated a pre . - h the of

    the living By Institution thus acting the for bare , I Needlewomen am ittance happy obtaine to , say many d , that by a ill poor throug -paid woman needlework , agency who , was and

    life whose ' s common upon self-respect necessaries and p comfort , to has been were lish fast placed this waning . in Individuals independence from the have want . Not but of that it requires a Society

    accomp thrown to take , up and the by cause fitting of the Inqu rig iry ht among person those to the wi ri th ght whom place the , they will are do

    mon much d in epartments the work open of prevention to women . ' s Without powers , there overstepp are ing many offices com-

    48 The Needlewoman As Nurse.

    48 THE NEEDLEWOMAN AS NURSE .

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1862, page 48, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091862/page/48/