In common with man, she is called, where she is unmarried and dependent, to labour for her own support; a condition to which large portions of the community are necessarily subject by the circumstance of their birth. Industry is as incumbent upon her as upon the other sex, and indolence is as inexcusable in her as in man. But in the married state, her sphere of labour . . . is her family: and it belongs to the husband to earn by the sweat of his brow, not only his own bread, but that of the household.
(John Angell James, Female Piety: A Young Woman’s Friend and Guide)
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