Excerpt #2
According to the reading, what did the woman
need to rejoin society?
In the almshouse of [Springfield] is a woman
apparently only needing judicious care, and
some well-chosen employment, to make it
unnecessary to confine her in solitude, in a
dreary unfurnished room. Her appeals for
employment and companionship are most
touching, but the mistress replied "she had no
time to attend to her."