Margaret H. Andrews, of Newburyport, Massachusetts.

NEWBURYPORT, Mass., _September 4, 1852_.

REV. SAMUEL J. MAY.

DEAR FRIEND--I wish to express my deep sympathy with those brave
women who are struggling against ancient prejudices and modern
folly, and who will eventually elevate our sex to a position
which will command the respect of those who now regard them with
derision and contempt, and my gratitude to the noble-minded men
who are extending a helping hand to those who have hitherto been
considered the weak and dependent portion of society, and are
endeavoring to raise them to _their_ level, instead of trying to
establish their superiority over them. Such conduct shows true
greatness and dignity of character. I wish to bear my share of
the reproach and contumely which will be liberally bestowed upon
this movement by many who ought to know and to do better; this is
indeed the actuating motive which impels me to write.

With regard to the counsel which has been requested, I have
little to say. If there be any one subject which has not been
sufficiently insisted on, it is the aimless life which young
women generally lead after they have left school. A large portion
are occupied in forming matrimonial plans when they are wholly
unfit to enter into that sacred state. Dr. Johnson makes his
Nekayah say of young ladies with whom she associated, "Some
imagined they were in love, when they were only idle." If young
ladies directed their attention to some definite employment, this
evil would be remedied.

I am, dear sir,
Very truly yours,
MARGARET H. ANDREWS.

LUCY STONE said: Mrs. Jones' idea of taking our rights is
inspiring, but it can not be done. In Massachusetts some women
apprenticed themselves as printers, but were expelled because men
would not set type beside them. Dr. Harriot K. Hunt asked
permission to attend medical lectures at Harvard, but the
students declared that if she were admitted they would leave, and
so she was sacrificed.

HARRIET K. HUNT: No; I am here.

LUCY STONE: Mrs. Mott says she was only suspended. So, too, when
the Grimke sisters and Abby Kelley began publicly to plead th