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328 Recm'd oj Event8. l'EngllBhwoman" Review July 16th. 1881. tbought tbat men and wornen would co-operate, aud work in natural alliance, each doing wbat they were indiviJually fitted for. Miss Tod in supporting tbe resolution, rerninded the meeting that neither women nor clergyrnen could be elected as guardians of the poor in lreland, and that this exclusion sornetimes gave 1'ise to very uncornfortable cil'cumstances. She hoped ,that the qualification would eventually not be such aB to preclude married women from election, as they posscssed a large amount of the kind of experience most wanted on tbc Boards, and tbougb it was true that widows also had this experience, they were frequently even more occupied witb horne concerns tban married women, having to act both tbe fatber's and motber's part to thcir cbildl'en. Mrs. Hoggan, M.D., also supported tbe resolution. Sbe said that sbe thougbt women guardians would help to save tbe rates of tb~ parisb instead of increasingthem: women eXel'CiBed the strictest economy in housekeeping, and there was at present mucb scandalous expendit.Ul'e in workhouses for stimnlants, and waste of food whicb women would check. Sbe was glad that in England we had directed our efforts to plaeing wornen eonjointly witb men on tbe Boards, for they would work wen togetber. In BerEn, at tbe conference of Gel'man ladies last October, where she bad been present, Professor Lammas bad advised women to rep0l't about the pOOl' to boards of men, but on 110 D.ccount to try to be on the boards, and though Gel'man wornen ordinarily took their exclusion very quietly, tbere had been quite a little rebellion dUl'ing the eonferenee at tbis advice. Practically it would be useless; a lady had onee been appointed on such a eorresponding eommittee, but had never been eummoned:
