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    ASSOCIATION TOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN....

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    _ We Desire To Call Our Readers' Especia...

    girls and young women , where they may Toe specially trained to wait in shopsby Toeing thoroughly well instructed in

    accountsbook-, , keeping , etc . ; be taught to fold and tie up parcels , and perform many other little acts , which a retired shopwoman could teach them .

    The necessity of politeness towards customers , and a constant selfcommand , will also be duly impressed upon them . Girls educated

    in this school would be capable of becoming clerks , cashiers , and ticket-sellers at railway stations .

    " It is also contemplated to establish workshops in connection with the school , where the girls might be taught other trades , —trades

    well suited to women , but now almost exclusively in the hands of mensuch as printinghairdressingetc ., for instanceand possibly

    , , , , even watchmaking . As the means of the Society increased , so would the number of workshops , and the variety of trades taught .

    " No girl would be admitted to either school or workshop , who did not bring with her a certificate of good character from the

    clergyman of her parish , or from two respectable householders ; she must also bring a certificate of health from a medical man , as it would be

    a waste of time and money to instruct feeble or sicldy girls in trades that require a considerable degree of strength for their

    exercise . " Neverthelessthe weakly would benefit by the plan , by being

    , relieved from the competition of their stronger sisters in needlework , teaching , and whatever other resources for the feeble there

    may exist . " "We are aware that instruction cannot be given to all who

    require it ; twenty schools would not suffice for that ; but when it is proved that women are capable of these employments , a demand for

    them will spring up , which will compel a change in our present one-sided system of education . Our workshops , too , will lead to

    considerable benefits , and will greatly increase the number of occupations open to women . Thus , if we send out a dozen young women as

    accomplished ladies' hair-dressers , other girls will speedily be apprenticed to them ; and in a few years the dozen will have become

    hundreds . ' * * * " It is also the intention of the Society to render their office a

    depot for information of every kind relating to the employment of women . Curious and interesting facts will be collected . Extracts

    from newspapers , pamphlets , and speeches on the subject , will be gathered together , and kept for the inspection of members of the

    Society . " "We are happy to state that the objects of the Society have met

    with the approbation of the Bishop of London , and the support of a large number of ladies .

    " "We have now only to add that the Society is in want of funds . Ifc is but in its infancyand requires support of every kind;—the

    substantial help of money , , and the active assistance of energetic

    _toinds of both sexes . "

    Association Tor The Employment Of Women....

    ASSOCIATION TOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN . 59

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1859, page 59, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091859/page/59/