Women and their Work.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1896, 1 November 1886, Page 2

Women and their Work.

In an American journal received by last mail the following items appear under the heading of “ Women and their Work,” and as the subject of the higher education of that sex appears to be engaging the attention of many persons, chiefly through a letter which appeared in last Friday's issue of this paper, we quote the items that the ladies may takeioourage:— Miss M. Breckinridge, of Kentucky, is studying law with a view of practising with her father. Miss Emily b rtain has been chosen by unanimous vote P inoipal of the Philadelphia School of Du- ig>.; she is a superior artist and has had charge of the art department of two or three magazines. Mi«y Bose Kingsley, daughter of Charles Kingsley, Charles Dickens' eldest daughter, Anne Thackeray, and Florence Marryat are all writers of ability. Misa Leigh conducts a home iu Paris for women and girls, where 5000 have found shelter and saletj. Mias M. Lucas, sister of John Bright, ia the newly elected president of the World's Temperance Union. Mias Emily Young acts a* solicitor for all the local and several foreign fire insurance companies in Dayton, Ohio. Mus B. 8. Mills is editor of the Hawkley, Dakota Star, During the last sis month* ■he has not only furuuhed the newt, but bai planted five acres of trees, and built a saw* mill. Miss Hiobards is the instructor iu sanitary chemistry iu the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. W. E. Mortis, the popular novelist, turns out to be a woman. Last year there were 196 women in attend • auoe at the University of Michigan ; the largest number connected with the literary department, tbe next largest with the medi- 1 Oil. '