[Gutenberg 25046] • The Canadian Girl at Work: A Book of Vocational Guidance

[...] When these days had gone, there followed other days in which the children of the pioneers devoted themselves to the schooling so highly esteemed but rarely enjoyed by their parents. The boys, after school life, turned to business, railway employments, teaching, banking, farming, became ministers, lawyers, doctors, or gave their thoughts to politics. The girls taught school, were milliners or dressmakers, went into shops, or became the wives of nation builders in every walk of life. A few were nurses, journalists, doctors, or missionaries. The work of that generation has been followed by a century in which Canadian girls are invited to share in nearly every form of activity. This great [...].