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Confronted suddenly with this vital 

 question women stood aghast, or at least 

 some did. For what openings could they 

 possibly be qualified? The education of 

 the average woman made her a useless 

 being, except to grace the circle of society 

 in which she moved ; and very restricted in 

 circumference most of the circles were ! 



It is true that disastrous circumstances Teachers 

 had forced many to become governesses to 

 their own great dislike, and in some cases 

 with even more disastrous results to their 

 pupils ; but of course the teaching pro- 

 fession in all grades has claimed for itself 

 a large army of women since those early 

 days, who have been trained systematically 

 to their profession, and who have done 

 honour to it. 



Then many who were ready writers secretarial 

 thought they would like to become private clerkships 

 secretaries, clerks, and in process of time 

 typists and stenographers (as the Americans 

 prefer to designate shorthand clerks). The 



