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Her aim was to draw from the overstocked profession of teaching as many capable young women as she could lay hands on , and to fit them for certain of the pursuits nowadays thrown open to their sex . She held the conviction that whatever man could do , woman could do equally well -- those tasks only excepted which demand great physical strength . At her instance , and with help from her purse , two girls were preparing themselves to be pharmaceutical chemists ; two others had been aided by her to open a bookseller 's shop ; and several who had clerkships in view received an admirable training at her school in Great Portland Street . Thither every weekday morning Miss Barfoot and Rhoda repaired ; they arrived at nine o'clock , and with an hour 's interval work went on until five . Entering by the private door of a picture-cleaner 's shop , they ascended to the second story , where two rooms had been furnished like comfortable offices ; two smaller on the floor above served for dressing-rooms . In one of the offices , typewriting and occasionally other kinds of work that demanded intelligence were carried on by three or four young women regularly employed . To superintend this department was Miss Nunn 's chief duty , together with business correspondence under the principal 's direction .