I have recently discovered a new blog, "Letters of Note," which posts ... well ... old letters that are worth reading again.
The letters are of a wide variety, sometimes crude, sometimes thought-provoking, but mostly funny, now that they are removed from their original context.
And I just MUST direct you to this one.
Because it's important. (No it isn't. It's outrageous and deserving of derisive laughter, is what it is.)
After all, "It is extremely doubtful if a woman could, year after year, under a variety of conditions, stand the fairly severe strains and stresses, mentally and physically, which are part of the life of a Trade Commissioner."