CHAPTER IV.

_PHILANTHROPIC WOMEN._

SECTION I.—ELIZABETH FRY.

Woman’s work.—Biography.—Early schemes of usefulness.—The prisoner’s friend.—Family bereavements.—Relative duties.—Character of Mrs. Fry

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SECTION II.—AMELIA WILHELMINA SIEVEKING.

Woman’s rights.—Biography.—Amateur teaching.—Services in the hospital.—Protestant sisterhoods.—Spinsters respectable, happy, and useful.—Character of Miss Sieveking

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