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Mothers of the Nation Urged to Forge Independent Lives
A 1888 sermon exhorts women to seek self support and learn employments beyond marriage. It argues many men waste potential and that women should prepare for life alone, listing viable occupations from stenography to teaching, medicine, and clerical work, urging practical skills and self reliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Press Association
Adam
Lorber
Saul
Pennsylvania Avenue
Sheridan
Dickens
Pickwick
Ristori
Charlotte Cushman
Fanny Kemble
Priscilla Wakefield
Cooper Institute
Livermore
Hallowell
Willard
Lathrop
America
Atlantic Ocean
Christ
Wome
Mer
Mary Lyon
Mount Holyoke Female Seminary
Adelaide Newton
Fidelia Fisk
Dorothea Dix
Caroline Herschel
Maria Tukrzewska
Berlin
Helen Chalmers
Edinburgh
Sisters of Bethany
John
Isabella Graham