The position of woman: actual and ideal / with preface by Sir Oliver Lodge.

Date:
1911
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: The position of woman: actual and ideal / with preface by Sir Oliver Lodge. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    To sum up these brief disjointed remarks. There are undoubtedly certain disadvantages in a professional career for a woman; there are also a number of disabilities which make her career more difficult for her than for a man. Some of these are artificial, and will be removed as the sense of Justice towards women grows more keen; some are the result of unconscious prejudice, and will slowly disappear as social ideals change. Others are rooted more deeply in the constitution of Society, the conditions of human life, and the nature of women; and only the future can reveal how far these are capable of modification, or whether they will in the end prevail. Meanwhile it seems clear that the part of wisdom is to utilize as far as possible and as widely as possible the feminine capacities which are at present neglected and undervalued; and thus minimize to some extent the disadvantages of professional life. To have faced these disadvantages fairly will at any rate be a gain; and it is worth realizing that no profession is so sterilizing to the emotions and mental powers of the grown woman as lack of occupation.