The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1880-12-25
Women In tho Professions.

arge proportion Of schools, especially
hose connected with the State universa.
les, ore free to them.
III the three law schools in New Eng.
and, only one Is open to both sexes
hat Of ihe Boston University. The
Dchooi has, however, ! am informed.
lot VT graduated woman. The WON.
N Of the East who desire to read Kent
and 10 learn forms Of procedure" prefer.
to obtain q legal education in the more
private advantages of = lawyers Office.
In the chaotic state Of ecclesiastical
opinion regarding women's preaching,
sui few have been admitted either to The
pulpit or tho theological seminary. Al
though the number has greatly increased
In the last decade, in 1870, Of 1854
only sixty.seven were WON.
en- The Methodist and Universal.
ii. Churches have probably proved
more cordial in granting cler'
ical privileges to women than
the churches OF other leading denomin-
atoms. Yet The General Conference OF
the former body, held q Cincinnati in
1880, refused to take 3 positive position
in reference to the question. Women,
however, are occupying several Metho-
dist pulpits, though without official APP
probation. The Universalist Church has
ordained several women, who, are
preachisg NOV only in the West. but also
In the conservative States Of Che East.
Three are stationed in as many of the
country towns Of Maine. In the Con-
gregatiOnal and Baptist denominations
tke cases Of the ordination and 'installs-
ton ottwomen are rare, even, If a single
oAe III occurred. The sentiment Of
Unitarians on the question is move akin
to the Universalist position. The opin-
ion Of q Church regarding the preaching
OF women indicates its practice in refer.
enoe to admitting women to the full
privileges Of It's divinity schools. Atthe
theological department Of the Boston
University, under the supervision OF the
Methodists, q woman has been men,
Der Of nearly every class since its estab.
llshmsnt.1 The theological department,
also, Of the st. Lawrence University, OF
Canton, New York, controlled by Uni.
'yeraslists, Is open TO women on the same
terms As to men, and two graduated at
il last commencement. For many
years women have attended the lectures
! d Pfof. Park, at JAndOver, though the
seminary gives no diploma to them.
To the practice Of medicine . larger
number OF women turn than enter both
the legal profession and the clerical.
The first medical school for women ever
established 1.-The Female Medical Edu'
cational Society-was organized in BOs-
ton idKoyember, l6A8. For thirty years,
In both Europe and the United States,
measures for giving women . thorough
training in medicine have been pushed
very vigorously. At times the contest
between those fayoring and those op'
posing their practice of the besliag. or
has been waged with the bitterness Of
The anti.ylavery struggle. The genera
frelut however, hal been victory fol
| the women. In Europe are no less thar
twenty-five schools Of high Standing il
which they can receive . medical edu
cation, the large majority Of which havt
been either opened to them or estsb
lished within the last ten years. IN II
dia, seventy millions Of whose wofner
are iorbiddea by social custom. from 70
ceiving the attendance Of male physician
at their homes, several schools have beer
.forp9d bee 1851 for atQrdine wpmeI
1e9oSpSslunity q 6hHaimlg' q regslA
mSditaf training. Qf, the 6ikhky.Ngh
medical schools in TIE United States ,
considerable proportion admit vope1
'f@ &c Jlms tSola IS ne& IN A4r'
important 81 these schools afe th
Woman's Medical College Of the Nev
York ln6rmaEy, the Female 4edica
'GjS;6|:| & & ;:' ! s|s$I Ijgs lE!Si:
} Medical College Of Chicago, and th
y'g94hool q, 1l&diAlB of R@e6on U1iSeesl
lin TIKI hSmsal gra1 nksss " 10
J portion 10 their men, ars 1sw, yet ID
, crease each year. According 70 th
ceneuo o1I1870 there vet6 In ~ 1te
Su6>1 deSsss phydssaland S6teSn!
, Of when SIS we're women.-C. ]
11vjsg, IN Haper's 1dgasiss.