The appointment of Miss Prossley Smith, a loading Suffragist organiser, as secretary to the British Legation at Christiania, is regarded as a notable triumph for lier sex, it being the first time that a woman has attained a post of this kind, which gives access to the closely-guarded Diplomatic Corps. Representations were made to Mr. Asquith a short time ago. on the desirability ot opening the higher branches of the Civil Service and other Government appointments to women with university attainments. Suggestions were mads ?.t the same time tliftt diplomacy offered a suitable field for women's abilities,
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2662, 6 January 1916, Page 9
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97Untitled Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2662, 6 January 1916, Page 9
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