The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-10-31
A Library for Women.

Library Tor women
THE MEETING IN DIR. cHAPINs CHURCH.
Dr. Chaplin church crowded Tuesday night up stairs
and down stairs in the aslcs and the outer hall thirty
feet beyond the doors Of the chapel that mprac
cabe obtain egress or reress The occasion of this
dense assembly the taking OF initiate steps for the
tablishment OF library in this city for working
The condition Of sewing girls and women generally who
have to toll for their subsistence and the Of
proving it, duly discussed, and also the necessity Of
mental culture in women" order to extend her sphere
Of employment and elevate her condition.
Hon. Daniel =. Temsnn was elected chairman OF the
meeting The Rev. Henry Ward reecher then called
upon TO address the assembly Mr. BEEcnEn made long
speech favor of the mental culture Of women and
gently argued faver &C the establishment of the pro
posed library for the elevation and extension Of
sphere. He said there eighty thousand female opo
ratvcs in this city and that while sending OF
missionaries 70 China and other parts OF the world
ought not to let these toiing females perish our
midst for want Of mental nurture. These
working women have little facilities for obtain.
ing books any kind the books open TO their
perusa such they ought read He said our
Yankee were educated for everything ready for any
emergency, they could teach preach shoe a horse
mend shoe but our girls only educated 10 get
married. Such ought not 70 be the case They, the girls
should have complete education like young 80
act clerks, in any other profession for he held
that II right for woman to do anything that II
becoming in man odo That was the broad ground he
took and thus he talked for hour At closing he
desired collection TO be taken TO forward the purposes or
the meeting but the people were so dcnscly crowded to
ge,her that il found impractcable "a get around
through them much with boxes.
JAnrs T. BRADY, ESQ, next introduced the an
diencc He made interesting and elaborate speech
rather pra favor Of the cecmosynary purpose for
which they assembled. He referred 10 many dstn
guihcd women in Europe and America, in the present
and IN past ages dcduing from their examples that wo
we're cayaclfated 10 I'LL the professions honorably
On closing he read the following resolutions, which
unanimously adopted
Resolved Thai earnestly recommend 10 the EMPLOYERS
workwomsn lessen the number Of hours required
and generally aid r the Improvement Of sDcis cond
lion.
in this city and especially the operatives he much aided
IN obtaining subsistence and securing elevation Of character
BY the establishment of an insion for females combining
BY which may be educated for honorable employ
from which hcy are excluded orn such
Resolved the following gentlemen be appointed com
mioe consider and hereafter report public meeting
called by them the best method Of carrying into effect
the ob3.e, uennened the last resolution Thompaon
Wilson q. Hunt John ~ Denim Hon Henry Hilton Benz W
Field, the Honorable the Mayor. cx enicio
Resolved That the ladies whose are solned he re
he object m.n,oud-Mrs Lyman Beecher treasurer
Powell.
Mr. BssHrR then stated that the subscriptions had been
follows
BENZ ~ Field, of Water street. 900
MI howland 300
Wilson u Hunt. 300
W. s. &C. VI. Thompson, skirt manufacturers on
broadway .'.s'.'s.s'.ssss. zoo
Collection. ..s......... zoo
Total. 81, 100
box passed around slip OF paper. II was decided
that another meeting of the kind should be al
early day IN the cooper Institute, after which the meet
inp was adjourned.