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      T| F¦ -;! Xxix.— Open Council.

      t | f ¦ _- ;! xxix . — open council . [ As these pages are intended for general discussion , the Editors do not hold themselves responsible for the opinions expressed . _^ —

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      . .. .. - .. . . sp»— _: _; ¦¦ 13 , Bedford Place , Russell Square , March , 1858 .

      _^ r _^ y . - ,- _- Madam , As Secretary to the Ladies' Committee for aiding in the work of completing _Icing ' College HospitalI earnestly request attention to the annexed statement

      , and to the following appeal . Of the 40 , 000 ? . required for this work , the Ladies' Committee undertook h to

      raise 10000 ? . for the erection of one portion of the building , of whicsum there has , been already subscribed nearly 4 , 500 ? . It is now proposed to ask at least One Thousand Ladies to contribute or

      collect 5 ? . eachand I earnestly ask your assistance in carrying out this proposal , , as It it is is hoped very impor that t ant small that the sum sum may should be readi be o ly btained given this by man Spring y who . feel for

      the sufferings of the sick poor , of whom this Hospital has relieved 27 , 617 during the past year .

      If this united effort be successfully made , the required sum will be nearly reali Annual sed , and subscri a great ption wo s are comp also leted earnestl . y requested for carrying on the

      work . I beg to remain , Madam , your obedient servant , Louisa Twining .

      peculiar We inser claims t this upon appeal English on women the ground , from having that King been ' s the College first H in which ital h the as

      services in which of trained ladies nurses have been have g been iven in the loyed care . Many of the of sick our , and readers also the will be st acquainted with the name of St . John ' s House , where the nurses reside . Of the 40 , 000 ? . demanded last Spring the , onl half y of about their 15 , 000 ? . remain 10 s to be collected .

      The ladies have already passed promised , 0002 . —Ed .

      Women And Woek.

      Women and Woek .

      I happened lately to be one of a party of ladies where the conversation turned on the social condition of womenand Miss Leigh Smith ' s pamphlet' Women

      , , and Work , ' having been mentioned , was talked of on the whole very indulgentl . " The only part of it I do not like" said one of the principal

      speakers y , " is the proposal that women should be , doctors . It is unfeminine in theextreme it is overtasking their powersboth bodily and mentaland

      thrusting . them ; into a sphere for which they were , obviously never intended , . As to their being nursesthat is quite a different thing ; it seems more suitable

      to their natureand in , that capacity it would well become them to bestir ,

      VOL . I . Q

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    • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1858, page 209, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051858/page/65/