matronship

In order to prove their appreciation of her kindness, the women banded together to give her an entertainment on the first anniversary of her matronship.

Fifteen Years with the Outcast

The General Council subsequently restored her to the matronship for 20 years.

The Philippine Islands John Foreman

In order to prove their appreciation of her kindness, the women banded together to give her an entertainment on the first anniversary of her matronship.

Fifteen Years With The Outcast Mother 1912

"You needn't be afraid; it's only the matronship of the new Knitting School, thank you, with a salary of five hundred dollars a year."

The Philistines Arlo Bates 1884

"There is a great deal of truth in what you say," said the director of the Institution, for the sub-matronship of which Jane Melville had applied in vain.

Mr. Hogarth's Will Catherine Helen Spence 1867

Edinburgh, when all doors had seemed to be shut against her, except the faint chance of a sub-matronship in a lunatic asylum.

Mr. Hogarth's Will Catherine Helen Spence 1867

When Jane mentioned the matronship, Mr. MacFarlane strongly advised her to apply for it, for the salary was more than she could look for in a situation, and she would probably be more independent.

Mr. Hogarth's Will Catherine Helen Spence 1867

The last week of the Misses Melville's stay at Cross Hall had begun before Jane heard of the result of her application for the matronship of the ----- Institution.

Mr. Hogarth's Will Catherine Helen Spence 1867

Page 22 before the time of Mrs. Bolton's matronship, yet the information given was just such as persons in her situation could give; and the errors committed, and exaggerations made, just such as we might expect, from persons whose present merit was rated in proportion to their former vices.

Fanaticism; Its Source and Influence, Illustrated by the Simple Narrative of Isabella, in the Case of Matthias, Mr. and Mrs. B. Folger, Mr. Pierson, Mr. Mills, Catherine, Isabella, &c. &c. A Reply to W. L. Stone, with the Descriptive Portraits of All the Parties, While at Sing-Sing and at Third Street.--Containing the Whole Truth--and Nothing but the Truth. Gilbert Vale 1835

I think I told her then that when I had my house on the hill, she should be the housekeeper to guard my keys and conduct my affairs; "that is, my dear, attend to all the little practical details connected with living," and Rebecca, to whom my castles on the Hill were never castles in the air, but who believed most implicitly that I would, sooner or later, perform all things that ever I dreamed of doing, accepted her prospective matronship with a becoming sense of its advantage and dignity.

Cape Cod Folks Sarah P. McLean Greene 1895