Femme Incomprise Analysis

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When I began reading Budget of a Femme Incomprise I was confused s to who it was addressed to and what it was actually about. At first, I did not notice that at the top it said "JWC to TC" and I didn't even know what a femme incomprise is. Since I didn't even know what a femme incomprise was,that'ss where I began my attempt to figured out the passage. After looking up what it meant/ was I found out that it was a misunderstood or unappreciated women. That made sense to me because I did gather from the beginning that the passage was Jane Welsh Carlyle speaking of money, or lack of. Also, as we all know, women weren't really appreciated in the last hundred years, or really ever.

I tried to figure out who it was addressed to as I was reading

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