Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1850-05-04

labor ne nuies and DO il as well, if not beti
Ter, receive far less compeneaiiOn2 Be
cnuse woman is regarded ns an INTERIOR
What is the reason, that at some, aud per-.
bnps all of the manual labor schools, the
labor of the girls Is valued at Only one half
of that Of the boys2 Because woman is
Inferior What is the reason that 10 fac
tories, IN printing offices, in boOk-l,inding
establishments, and in other places where
the lnbor Of females is sometimes employed,
that they are expected to work for less than
mnn would receive for the same amount Of
toll? Because wornnn is inferior. What Is
the reason that tlnui large class of women in
ollr cities who "work, work, work, stitch,
stitch, stitch" from early dawn till the mid
night hour, should lie of all others the poor
est pnid' Because they ure wonicn, aud
wonlum is interior. H. view of their misery
aud degradation, no wonder they exclaiIn, Ia
( the language Of the iniminble Hood;
"Oh, mon with sisters dear.
oh, mon with mothers and wives, i.
Il is not linen you arc wearing out,
But human creatures lives. t
l. Its U. to be slave
Along with the barbarous Turk,
Whero woman has never q soul to save,
4 If this is Christian work"
The pitianee gained by these women " Of
ten insufficient TO keep starvation from the
door; so they must die of hunger in this
Christian land, or else ndopt the last resort
for such os they--n life OF iniamy.
Whence, but from the idea of inferiority,
arises the difference in the education of boys
aud girls? The boy must receive far moro
flushed and comprehensive education than
the girl. becnuse il il assu,ned that he X an
a.
Only bv the boundaries OF his own will. He
mus I've rlassicaIly educated, must be made
acquainted with many sciences which the
girl must hardly know by mane. And for
this purpose colleges ARE built professor.
ships are endowed by private wealth or pub
lie bounty, and almost every facility offered
that gold can purchase or intellect command
When The girls education ,s co,nnleted IL
she wishes To earn her livelihood si,e m,st
choose among the few less proIitnblo kinds
of business in which il Is considered nro,,er
for her TO engage. She may be folder 10 N
book-binder, seanisircss, a wasber-vornan.
factory operative, hired help IN family. or
in some places clerk in a store b,it 10
these occupations, or such us these. n,ust her
ambition he confined, unless she is willing TO
risk the odium OF wandering from her nppro
priate sphere, with the faint hope Of SO far
overcoming the prciudlces Of society, which
likes to see every one in her proper place. as
to secure a reasonable share Of public pa
tronnge. Not so with the man. DOES he
wish to become physician, a LAWYER. n min
lister, mechanic, sculptor or Daintcr Le
has but to choose, and books of medicine.
law or divinity are placed in his hnuds nnJ
competent preceptors stand ready TO rive
him instruction; the shop of the artisan nm.
folds It's doors Tor his admission; the studies
OF the artists are opened 10 him: Ills eve l.
pleased aud his taste maturcd by Iiyinp s,,id
the productions of the old masters mr. b...
cotriing familiar with the n,a,chIess s,,,,,,sv
of other times. Docs he incline M sts,.s.
inanship? Tie course Is ooe,, lctore lin ,,,J
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10 pass through all its cradntions from that