OR,
WOMAN'S RELATION TO EDUCATION, LABOR,AND LAW.
By CAROLINE H. DALL,
AUTHOR OF "HISTORICAL SKETCHES," "SUNSHINE," "THE LIFE OFDR. ZAKRZEWSKA," ETC.
BOSTON:
LEE AND SHEPARD.
1867.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1867, by
LEE AND SHEPARD,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.
CAMBRIDGE:
STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY JOHN WILSON AND SON.
TO
LUCRETIA MOTT,
FOR MORE THAN FIFTY YEARS A PREACHER AND REFORMER; SPOTLESS
ALIKE IN ALL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE RELATIONS; WHOSE
CHILDREN'S GRANDCHILDREN RISE UP TO
CALL HER BLESSED;
SINCE SHE IS THE BEST EXAMPLE THAT I KNOW OF WHAT ALL WOMEN
MAY AND SHOULD BECOME.
TO BE READ AFTER THE BOOK.
When, some years ago, I delivered nine lecturesupon the Condition of Woman, I had nointention of printing them until time had maturedmy judgments and justified my conclusions. Peculiarcircumstances afterwards induced me to modifythis decision. The first course of lectures, nowprinted as "The College," had proved unexpectedlypopular, and was many times repeated. At its close,I announced the second course upon Labor, involvingthe subject of Prostitution as the result of LowWages; and a very unexpected opposition ensued.My files can still show the large number of letters Ireceived, beseeching me not to touch this subject; andprivate intercession followed, on the part of those Ihold wisest and most dear, to the same effect. WhyI did not yield to all the clamor, I cannot tell,—exceptthat I was not working for myself nor ofmyself.
I thought it, however, necessary to take unusual