Liberal Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1872-1???, 1873-02-22
BUSINESS WOMEN OF WASHING
TON

Bella A. Lockwood, in a communi
cation to the Go6de" Age, makes the
following interesting statement:
A question was raised in New York
some time since, as to whether woma n
physicians had ever been a success,
when New Orleans Picayune, com
menting on an article in ApeIton' $
Journal beaded, Women in Medical
Colleges" says, "a woman who can 60
through all of the details of three,
four or five years course of study in
European medical college, including
the horrors of the dissecting room, and
the practice of hospital, ere being
allowed to become a regular physician
or surgeon, may be considered to be
virtually unsexcd" If his logic be true
ii must operate with equal potency
upon the male mind, and consequently
very large portion of male practition-
ers must be also unsexed. But | think
this writer must have overlooked, and
certainly did not intend to under-ra te
the army of efficient and self-sacrifcing
women nurses In the late war, on both
sides of the lines. who witnessed more
horrors than could possibly be developcd
by the usual hospital practice. do
not suppose he would declare Miss Dix
Clara Barton, or Florence Nightingale
unsexed and yet they witnessed
large proportion Of the horrors of the
late war of The Crimea. and the Fran.
co-Prussian war. No more gentle and
sympalhetic humanitaraus can be
found, To woman has always been
allowed, as lieitimately within her
sphere, the privilege of nursing the
sick. The question is, Shall she do
this work intelIigently ? 1t needs no
argument to lUrsuade any intelligent
mother of young children, that wo-
man physician is desirable And
no intelligent mind ought to need any
argument for its persuasion The only
wonder is that the decences and pro-
prietIes of life have been so long main
tanned without them. Tho question OF
their snccess, like that of any other
profession, must be the measure of their
application.
Washington. has one lady dentist
Mrs, + L. Black opened an Office here
fer dental surgery about ten months
since, and the perfectness of her teeth
filing, and the superior beauty of the
sets she puts up, demonstrates that
woman may be as successful in the
mechanical arts as the stronger sex.
Telegraphing has opened pew depart
ment of usefulness for woman, and has
been considered OF Importance enough
to call for letter Of inquiry from the
Director G enel al Of Posts at Berlin to
aster-General Cresswell, as to
the number employed ID this country
in telegraph Offices, and their efficiency
Mrs Josephine +. Crawford has a fnc
school of telegraphy here, and prepares
both young men and young women for
the duties of the Office. She is consid,
cred very efficient, both as an operator
and a teacher, ard in her personeHe is
prepossessing and attractive woman
Mrs. Elliot is a very successful real
estate agent; quiet. unobtrusive bus
iness woman, noted for tact, method /
and order. Mrs Sarah j. Spencer, of
the Washington Busin5 ss. College, who
instituted the social evil reform in this /
city about one year ago, generally ac-
conplishes about as much as three in
telligent women would be expected to
do. She is one of tue partners of the
institution, and very successful
teacher.
The lady authoresses of Washington
Grace Greenwood, Gail Hamilton, L.
z. Il. N Soutworth. Mrs Schoolcraft |
are too we'll known for comment, but
the newspapers workers are more rarely
seen in print. Mrs. r. d, p. Havens,
of the Chroaicle. is ready and sensi-
BILE writer, patient worker, with a
sense of justice aud right, and unob-
trusively vie Ids an infeunce for'good