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Title: The Canadian Girl at Work
A Book of Vocational Guidance

Author: Marjory MacMurchy

Release Date: April 11, 2008 [EBook #25046]

Language: English

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The Canadian Girl at Work

_A BOOK OF VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE_

By

MARJORY MacMURCHY

Prepared at the Instance of the Minister of Education
for Use in Ontario School Libraries

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Printed by Order of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

TORONTO

Printed and Published by A. T. Wilgress,
Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty

1919

Copyright, Canada, 1919, by the
MINISTER OF EDUCATION FOR ONTARIO

PREFACE

The object of _The Canadian Girl at Work_ is to assist girls in finding
satisfactory employment. The further aim of showing them what constitutes
a right attitude toward work and toward life through work, underlies the
account of each occupation. The book is meant for girls, and for the
assistance of fathers and mothers, of teachers, and of those who are
interested in questions of training and employment.

The life of the average woman is divided, generally, into two periods of
work, that of paid employment and that of home-making. No adequate scheme
of training for girls can fail to take account of this fact. They should be
equipped with knowledge and skill for home-making, and assisted in making
the best use of their years in paid work. Happily, it appears from an
investigation of the conditions affecting girls as wage-earners that the
knowledge which helps them to be good home-makers is necessary to their
well-being in paid employment. Technical training and skill are not more
helpful to a girl at work than specialized knowledge in matters of food,
clothing, health, and daily regimen. Lack of training in home-making is
probably the greatest drawback which a girl in paid employment can have.
Her busines