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and with no chance of escape from the beaten track, hedged
in with prejudices and false views of life. By my example
I hope to point the way, to a new honorable, & lucrative field of action
which shall be occupied by a strong body of independent thoughtful
women, who having bravely won a sphere of action which most appropriately
belonged to them, will be champions of reform, a powerful
aid to their sisters, in quietly trampling upon false adages & taking
with firm dignity, whatever rightfully belongs to them.

It is a sad but true thought, that the false social positions of women
is in a great measure, their own fault. Let them awake from their slumber,
clearly see the truth, & resolve to live it, & I really believe the
world is saved. This awakening, I hope to aid in, & by influence
& fortune, work slowly for the right.

My resolution, to obtain a thorough, medical education
& the degree of Doctor, is surrounded by so many difficulties, as
to seem almost impossible of attainment. I have been striving
to accomplish this purpose month after month, meeting continually
with new obstacles & disappointments - I have however at last
been encouraged, by a unanimous motivation from the students of
a flourishing medical school in the state of New York, to become
a member of their Institution, and I shall probably soon leave
Philadelphia, for the purpose of accepting the offer.

You must excuse my intruding private affairs, upon, you, a
stranger, but, I thought my faith in the cause & my method of aiding
it, might meet with your sympathy.

Your plan of a sale, seemed to me wise - I heartily wish
I could effectually aid it - but my time is fully occupied, & I have
endeavored in vain to enlist the assistance of other ladies - they are