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A Dry Nights Sleep
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A Woman's Right to Labor by Marie E. Zakrzewska, M.D.

Index of 98

A Practical Illustration of "Woman's Right to Labor;"
fields of labor, because, on the one side, the destitution and vice they
damsels.
whomsoever I named, who had pursued with undeviating perseverance a worthy
A Library In New York. I Look Upon It As One Of Those Half Measures Which
to secure the purity of the other, neither religion nor humanity need
every thing right.' When I returned, all was as I had desired; every
firebrand. 'I thought of stealing,' she said, 'only as an amusement: it
Should Exist As One Of The Half Way Measures Of Which I Have Spoken, Like
of that letter so intensely, that I dared not ask to see it: but I urged
I invite my friends to read it at once with me. Here is something as
overshadowed our family circle. I was of a cheerful disposition; and was
pure morning air with the sweetest of perfumes. The sun ascended,
broken; when she was considered dead, and preparations were made for her
while with the girls I was quiet, shy, and awkward. I never made friends
half years of uninterrupted attendance at school.
It, Rejecting Any Name That Would Have Indicated A Charitable
to let me see Jacob, until he finally yielded, to be rid of my
she remained for more than a year; and, during this time, I was her
age.
again at every thing there; and at last, when it became dark and I could
carelessness with which my hair and dress were usually arranged; these
The idea that I might not wish to attach myself to playmates of this sort
thoughts; that I did not mean to be disagreeable, but that every one
experience I had had in life, made me an attentive pupil, and fitted me to
through, doing every thing so badly, that I had to hear daily that I was
it was possible for a human being to learn. I saw nobleness in dens, and
that only faith in ourselves and in each other is needed to work a
called a trance. She spoke, wrote, sang, and had presentiments of the
caprices, the other with her avarice. In one room, I heard fanciful
in the house, both for my sake and for that of the other children. I
mother had been educated. In order to show the importance of this step, it
she had done every thing that could have been done in the case, her
Then, after having thus studied for a certain length of time, they
lecture in a reclining position. The author of many valuable medical
the city to admit me to the school; adding, that he saw no reason why
I did during this winter. I was continually busy; acting even as nurse,
recognized his absence from the result.
examination, Dr. Schmidt thought it would be an easy matter to get me
personal intrigue. The real question at stake was, "How shall women be
me like one of themselves. I knew of their studies and their amusements;
Whether he sought to lure me on to further avowals, I know not: but,
with it, and wished me to abandon my career. He was stern, and would not
wife upon the sofa. I did not walk, but flew, towards them, and threw the
into the open air, he being not much less excited than myself. Mrs.
people were constantly at war about each other's affairs. I
Sister Catherine should be installed on equal terms with me; offering to
spy; and, though nothing happened for which I could be reproved, all that
an examination which should again convince the committee that I was in the
fell upon me like a thunderbolt; for I never had thought of looking upon
it was more unendurable and unworthy to be a wife without love, than a
this matter; and, had I not left the hospital so readily, I should never
them all to the American Charg d'Affaires (Theodore S. Fay) to have them
Shipping Merchant That Payment Should Be Made On Our Arrival In Hamburg.
Gilding The Land You Are Seeking, The Land Of Freedom!" With Such
a mother beloved beyond all earthly beings? I had succeeded in safely
servile agents had prevented me from doing in my native city. I had to
in regard to our plans: only the young man who had accused me of having
for in every house we found an abundance of wine, beer, cake, meat, salad,
than to Germany; for it has caused the emigration of thousands of men who
upon him, saying that I did not need his services. It was not long before
I were willing to serve as nurse; and, as he was just then in need of a
with the trimmings. And this was not all: the dressmaker often did not pay
down Broadway, asked at one of the stores that had been mentioned for a
Dear Anna," Answered I; "all, Except Twenty Five Cents, Which Will Be
gave them enough for another day; after which I set about finishing each
was forced to sit up at night with my sister to prepare work for the
only caught a glimpse of the crimson flush that overspread her
Even A Life Of Semi Starvation; While They Are Encouraged To Believe That
emancipation from inefficient education. We cannot calculate upon these:
expect here. But this mode of instruction, though useful to one seeking to
Institute. But here she was; and she very soon learned to understand the
even treated with humanity. This soon grew unbearable; and she returned to
completely ruined himself during the winter by neglecting his business and
goods, &c.; but this did not relieve me. I entered the omnibus again,
gave us the addresses of Dr. Blackwell and of Miss Catherine Sedgwick. We
She Had Opened A Little Dispensary The Charter For Which Was Procured
done in this wise: I received the cut cloth from the wholesale dealer;
bread. Their employers attracted by their personal appearance and the
go to Cleveland in October; while my next sister had business of her own,
"a Carriage," And "to Morrow." From This The People Inferred That I Wished
with a sort of uncertainty as to what was my real capacity. This position
understood me perfectly. From this time forward, I sought to make
happen; and on the day that I was expecting the receipt of the last
their number who stood high in the profession; and, though I did not
Over Powered Me On The Receipt Of These Tidings? If I Did, You Never Could
because her practice prevented her from attending it regularly; but that,
which, I am sorry to say, is no longer the case; though they give as their
for it was another instance of real friendship. He was by no means a rich
instead of the ten thousand dollars which it was proposed at the first
money for its foundation. At length I remembered my visit to Boston, and
noble women, who had both means and the disposition to employ them for
five weeks of hard work, I had the pleasure, on the 15th of May, 1857, of
be sustained by two, not only without loss, but with a steady increase,
America. All other inducements to return have vanished. The death of my
her attendance on her two aunts is mentioned as quietly as if it were a
waves than beneath the more remorseless flood which sweeps over all great
Hospital of Berlin, and possesses a certificate of her superiority from




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