Journalism

Asylums for the Insane — 28 Nov. 1868

Within the current year, several cases have occurred which have directed the attention of thinking men to the mysterious places of confinement known as Asylums for the Insane. Prominent among these cases may be mentioned that of Mrs. Merritt of New Jersey, who was taken from her husband’s house to be imprisoned in the Trenton State Asylum...

A Woman's Work — 17 Jul. 1874

Many years ago, Margaret Fuller, in her “Woman in the Nineteenth Century,” called attention to the work and position of a certain Mrs. Sarah Hanna (then bearing her maiden name) as among the hopeful signs of woman’s progress. The occasion which prompted her notice was a visit paid by ex-President John Quincy Adams to a school for girls...

Indiscriminate Charity — 2 Jan. 1877

WE women, who have children of our own, found the story of the baby frozen to death in its mother’s breast, the other night, while she sat in a crowded street, vainly asking help from Christian people, but cheerless reading for Christ’s birthday...

Unhappy International Marriages — 26 Jun. 1904

The international marriage which both husband and wife are now struggling to break was an exceptionally fair specimen of these alliances. The wife is the daughter of an eminent American statesman, and had beauty, breeding, money, everything but noble descent to qualify her for the position she took on her marriage...