The development of the child / by Nathan Oppenheim.

  • Nathan Oppenheim
Date:
1898
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Credit: The development of the child / by Nathan Oppenheim. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    woman has a right to look forward to making a career in the world for herself, and that this right is founded upon much the same grounds which support the antici- pations for a life work of her brother. So long as one recognizes this, one must likewise recognize the neces- sity of ascertaining in what directions the girl’s possi- bilities tend, what her sphere of greatest usefulness really is, and what the best means of culture therein are. So long as she is considered capable of filling the noble position of a mother, so long as there is a hope of her assuming its duties and obligations, the question about the choice of a vocation for her has simultane- ously been answered. Lamentations concerning the “unsexing of women by stress of industrial life,” con- cerning the ruinous competition between men and women, would have no reason for existence. It must be evident that the ideal industrial condition is ob- tained, not so much by putting each person in a cutting competition with his neighbor, but by so regulating opportunities that every one has the work for which he is best designed. So far as women are concerned, there is little or no attempt at the present to do this. Whatever training they obtain is usually of the most general kind. This in itself is sad enough ; but what is still worse is that no idea of the seriousness of the deficiency is generally appreciated. If a similar con- ception in regard to any one of the recognized trades or professions were held, one would be justified in believ-