Woman's Work in AmericaAnnie Nathan Meyer H. Holt and Company, 1891 - 457 pages |
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... labor described here contain evi- dences of woman's progress ; they are those in which women , if entrance were not absolutely denied them , were at least not welcomed , nor valued . Furthermore , they are phases of woman's work that ...
... labor described here contain evi- dences of woman's progress ; they are those in which women , if entrance were not absolutely denied them , were at least not welcomed , nor valued . Furthermore , they are phases of woman's work that ...
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... labor lies at the very foundation of a true democracy . The changes which our country has seen in this respect , and the great uprising of industries among women , are then not important to women alone , but of momentous import to ...
... labor lies at the very foundation of a true democracy . The changes which our country has seen in this respect , and the great uprising of industries among women , are then not important to women alone , but of momentous import to ...
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... labor and service . The world , even the American world , is not yet wholly converted to the doctrine of the new woman- hood . Men and women who prize the ease of the status quo , and the imaginary importance conferred by exemption from ...
... labor and service . The world , even the American world , is not yet wholly converted to the doctrine of the new woman- hood . Men and women who prize the ease of the status quo , and the imaginary importance conferred by exemption from ...
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... labor expended purposely to promote it . Female education in the best families went no farther than writing and arithmetic , and , in some few and rare instances , music and dancing . " Although at this time the number of post - offices ...
... labor expended purposely to promote it . Female education in the best families went no farther than writing and arithmetic , and , in some few and rare instances , music and dancing . " Although at this time the number of post - offices ...
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... labor involved may be inferred from the fact that in the list of contributions the sum of fifty cents repeatedly appears . The most serious obstacles were found in the antagonism to what seemed to many a needless project . Said Dr ...
... labor involved may be inferred from the fact that in the list of contributions the sum of fifty cents repeatedly appears . The most serious obstacles were found in the antagonism to what seemed to many a needless project . Said Dr ...
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Page 318 - The young lambs are bleating in the meadows, The young birds are chirping in the nest, The young fawns are playing with the shadows, The young flowers are blowing toward the west — But the young, young children, O my brothers, They are weeping bitterly! They are weeping in the playtime of the others, In the country of the free.
Page 224 - Man is, or should be, woman's protector and defender. The natural and proper timidity and delicacy which belongs to the female sex evidently unfits it for many of the occupations of civil life. The constitution of the family organization, which is founded in the divine ordinance, as well as in the nature of things, indicates the domestic sphere as that which properly belongs to the domain and functions of womanhood.
Page 259 - Remember, all men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation. That your sex are naturally tyrannical is a truth so thoroughly established as to admit of no dispute; but such of you as wish to be happy willingly give up the harsh title of master for the more tender and endearing one of friend.
Page 224 - Assembly, that no person shall be precluded or debarred from any occupation, profession or employment (except military) on account of sex ; provided, that this act shall not be construed to affect the eligibility of any person to an elective office.
Page 382 - President of the United States, and to the Senate and House of Representatives...
Page 231 - Against the peace and dignity of the same." § 27. There shall be elected in each county in this state, in such districts as the general assembly may direct, by the qualified electors thereof, a competent number of justices of the peace, who shall hold their offices for the term of four years, and until their successors shall have been elected and qualified, and who shall perform such duties, receive such compensation, and exercise such jurisdiction, as may be prescribed by law.
Page 259 - And, by the way, in the new code of laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make, I desire you would remember the ladies and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors.
Page 12 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years. For learning has brought disobedience and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both"!
Page 28 - But young ladies, who ought only to have such a general tincture of knowledge as to make them agreeable companions to a man of sense...
Page 236 - Commonwealth shall respectively have power to admit a competent number of persons of an honest disposition, and learned in the law, to practice as attorneys in their respective courts.