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" The zeal with which Victorian reformers worked to ‘protect’ women from such jobs as mining was more a concern for the effect of sexual opportunity on their souls, than for the effect of heavy work on their health. "

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 quote : The zeal with which Victorian reformers worked to ‘protect’ women from such jobs as mining was more a concern for the effect of sexual opportunity on their souls, than for the effect of heavy work on their health.