133. MATERNITY BENEFIT “INTENDED FOR THEMSELVES.”

I was married when nineteen years of age, and my first baby was born

just nine months after, and that was before I was twenty. My second was

born two years afterwards, and, owing to ignorance, I got up too soon

after confinement, and it has left me with a weakness that I suffer

from now. I think that a woman is anxious to get about too soon, but

now that the Maternity Benefit provides for proper nursing, women

should be made to understand that the money is intended for themselves.

It is more knowledge and help that women need.

I hope that you will get a great amount of information on this

important subject.

_Wages 20s. and house; two children._

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