XVI 11 



INTRODUCTION 



But to obtain even a minor post, certificates 

 and diplomas are nearly always necessary, 

 and that is why I have laid such stress on 

 the training. There is no question, however, 

 as to the demand for women to fill these 

 posts. 



This demand is at present greater than 

 the supply, and in the short time that the 

 movement has been started, thirty or forty 

 posts have, to my own knowledge, been ob- 

 tained by the students of one college alone. 



The average salary for this work is thirty 

 or forty pounds a year, with board and 

 lodging. It includes appointments as gar- 

 deners, and assistant gardeners, in country 

 houses, and work upon dairy and poultry 

 farms. These appointments are only step- 

 ping-stones to a greater object, which is to 

 enable women to set up for themselves upon 

 the land. I know of some who have already 

 succeeded in doing this ; but at present they 

 are few and far between. What I look 

 forward to is the establishment of women's 



