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Debating Women Working for Wages and Family Roles
A letter argues wives should not seek wages if it harms other women, sharing cases of a well off father hiring a friend's daughter and a middle aged woman losing jobs. It contrasts parental care with a young couple saving for a home and a teenager defending independence from a controlling mother, urging personal discretion.
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Sewing Circle
Boston Daily and
Sunday Post
New England
Boston Post
Sis
Oll
Myusband
Irself
Mme
Sweet Sixteen
Cambridge