PRINCESS CHRIS TIAN ON THR HIGER EDUCATION OF WOMEN
Prlncas Ch'ia'Ua m t*«e coarse of »n sddreos delivered b> Her Royal Highness on the occasion >t tho auv»ilir.g of * *trtue of tba Q ipen at the Royal { Hollo way College, Egbaro, made «he following; teDstbie remarks : — It i» do longer necessary, as wa9 the e ise even 15 or 20 years ajjo, to lay stress on the unpoitonoe of the h'<?her education of women, I? has, on tho other hand, rather beo >me a duty to warn agaiasc the »luaos exaggerated views iha* »iiin^ »re inclined to adopt on th ; s subj ct. I should like to say, Let a women' never forget that ah* It a woman, let h*r n*v«r forget that her chief attribute and the power ibe possesses He m her womanliness. I certainly sympathise with the desire for learning and mental oultnce ; bat I do feel that sometimes ambition, which urgsa many to encroach on man's prof ince, o*aies them to underrate the impoitanoe of the many duties and even privilege! whloh are given to women alone. do not w!sh for a moment to safest that the higher eddca- 1 lion and intelUclaal cultivation of woman sire inoompstiblu with good housekeeping, and that women are of necessity worse wive*, mothers, or daughter! because- tbey have B-ndiert Euolid and read T»eit. b. I »m anxloQs to impress on yon lady aadenca the convloiiau of how mo^h tbe ■:ioccst of 'hisgreavinsM^otion depends >n the oha-aoter and tone whioh y>u, i*t first in Distew, impress upon I*. W«imen In England will look to yoa to ascertain what m-y bo tXDeoted from f< m le education m its highest deVdiopment and und-r the mist fiforabe oo^ditiooa. Bo trne t > your ool'e^e, your tesohen. and yon r womanhood ; be learned, be gentle, be e»niteotta ; and bef re m»ny ynara are past tha anx'ous wish of thn f under to bt^n^Bt tha women of this klugd»m by placing within tbeir reaoh a complete course «t edao<tt >n will hi»ve been »co>fDplished, and yon will have shown that his bounty has n< t been exop^ded m vain.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1764, 11 February 1888, Page 4
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354PRINCESS CHRISTIAN ON THR HIGER EDUCATION OF WOMEN Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1764, 11 February 1888, Page 4
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