WOMAN IN THE LONDON POST OFFICE.
Eight hundred young women at work, all of them iii one room, all looking comfortable, most of them looking pretty, earning fair wageß at easy work, work 'fit for women to do—work at which they can sit and rest—and not be weary, with a kitchen at hand and a hot dinner in the middle of the day, with leave of absence with stoppage of pay every year, with a doctor for sickness and a pension for old age—-for the young women as years roll on will become old with only eight hours of work, never before 8 o'clock in the morning and never after 8 at night, with female superintendents, and the chance of rising to be a superintendent open to each girl. This is a Government office, under Government surveillance, and all this has sprung into existence during the last eight years.
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Evening Star, Issue 4968, 4 February 1879, Page 4
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149WOMAN IN THE LONDON POST OFFICE. Evening Star, Issue 4968, 4 February 1879, Page 4
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