re employed in the postal and telegraphic service.

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Returning north, to Holland, we find much the same situation as
in the other Teutonic nations. "The women of Holland are
unquestionably better educated, and entertain as a body more
liberal ideas than French women," said a Dutch lady to me, who had
lived many years at Paris; "but, on the other hand, there is not
the little group of women in the Netherlands who grasp the real
meaning of the woman question as is the case here in France."
Woman's social position is a little better in Holland than in the
Catholic countries. In 1870 an essay on the woman question "by a
lady" demanded political rights for women, and there are a few
instances of women having lectured on that subject. The Dutch
universities are open to female students, and Aletta Henriette
Jacobs, the first and only female physician in Holland, has a
successful practice at Amsterdam. Dr. Jacobs recently attempted to
vote, and carried the question before the courts. Elise A.
Haighton, of Amsterdam, writes:

A few of our women do not hesitate to participate in political
and social discussions. The Union (_Unic_), a society which aims
to promote popular interest in politics by meetings, debates,
tracts, etc.; the Daybreak (_Dageraad_), a radical association
which holds very ultra opinions on politics, religion and
science, and supports a magazine to which many scientific men
contribute; and the New Malthusian Band, an organization
sufficiently explained by its name, all count several women among
their members.

Elise van Calcar, the veteran Dutch authoress, sums up the
situation in Holland, as follows:

I am sorry to have to confess that, as regards the general
emancipation of women, we have accomplished but very little. Our
work is indirect; we can only proclaim the injustice of our
position.

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Two countries, the product of Latin and Teutonic civilization,
Belgium and Switzerland, must be touched upon before we turn to the
Scandinavian people. Of the first, Belgium, about the same may be
said as of Holland with which she was so long united politically. A
correspondent in Belgium writes me as follows:

There cannot be said to be any movement in this country in favor
of the emancipation of women. No journal, no association, no
organization of