The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-11-06
WOMAN IN AMERICA.
a Letter from Emily FnithCuII Co
thc Editor OF Ihc London
Times.

SrR-Judging from the remarks maI.
on this subject 40 the Bradford and Nur
wlch Congresses, the idea d. to.euHF
| prevalent that women u the United
states can adopt with ease amy profess
sion for when they are qualified c1u-
tess that, about year ago. / started for
the United States, on my inquiry into
! the condition OF women and children
/ fully imbucd with some such notion.
/ Eight months tour through America.
aud conversations with the Presidents of
Harvard, Cornell and Michigan JuOyur-
sites, Prof Agassiz, Henry Ward
Beecher, Gen. Oliver lChiof 90 thu
Massachusetts Labor Burcaul, Summer.
DIR. Bellows, Mrs. Stanton, Lucrurn
Mott, etc. fairly dispeIled IT, Itjs quito
true that female doctors .wlth mon. ur
less of a recognized degrccI abound m
America in nearly every city ] found
more than one in excellent practice auI
repute. In one denomination the uI.r.
gywoman has received due ordination.
though She is still somcwhAtof amu avis.
-Four or five ladies have secured footing
IN the legal profession, and There d.
scarcely newspaper staff 900 the lut.I
States which does not include One ur
more rs bona ido reporters, interviewer
or critics. Thousands, of course. huI
occupation in teaching and the usual .u-
dustrial occupations hundred. o.. watch.
makers, printers and telegraph clerks.
others have obtained po-m3storsbips sn
eagerly sought after iu the United States.
and some have entered the Government
offices at Washington But English
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conclusion that because of these things
their transatlantic sisters are free from
all the Instructions of which thcy come
plain. IL is true that there is uo class boz
America answering o. our unfortunate
governess class, but the women there. as
we'll rs here, are complaining of unequal
pay.
I'm fact, " said my friend Grace Green
wood, the talented Washington coutrI1u-
tor Of the New York Times, eve live hy
suiIerance.' Take the Treasury clerks,
for example, lthoy were admitted by
Salmon Z. Chase and Edwin NJ. Stanton.
thanks 10 the cXigcucics of the civil wurI.
was told of Miss NJ. g., who does thu
work of a $1,000 clerk for "a salary uf
5000. Mrs. L., performing duties I0r
which man would receive $500, being
a woman, gratefully accepts hale ln thr
internal revenue there b. % lady who Iur
nine years has held responsible pu-t-
uOu, ana d., by the admission ui mon.
than one Commissioner. the ablcst rIors
in the Department, yet she receives th.
almost traditional female Government
pay Of $500, and has 90 see boys She hns
herself instructed in the simplest dutI..
placed above her head. In The Govern.
ment printing office 2JO women arc rr.
eeiving from per day 90 5000 per ynar
In New York at the Western Union IDI.
ngraph Company, the female supor.utcud.
ant, although her ability b iudispuuh'e.
receives n considerably lower salary than
would be offered 10 n man under the Sumo
\ warm discussion has been carried Uu
Turing the last few months about the iu-
equality in the salaries paid 90 male and
female teachers, which Is felt us great
Injustice by American women. ln short.
do not fear to say that ! found the de.
nand on the other side of the Atlantic.
or equal education, equal wages, equal
opportunities, i'm a word, au equal cHauu.
n liie-yery much like our own. And
Is for female suffrage ] can assure your
eaders that in Boston, Philadelphia. and
New York / was surrounded by people
Who regarded il with an aversion which
would be grateful 10 the hearts of Nr
3ouverie Mr. Bcrcsiord Hope. and tI.
Interest English opponent of chat mal.
ure. In short, there seems 90 be ynt au
opportunity for an honorable rva-hIp iu
eeing which country shall first rate o.
yomdns work al It's true value.