WOMEN LEADERS OF WOMEN
| ■ The plans of-Mrs. H. J. Tennant, of the- Woman's Department, of National Service, inoludo co-opera-tioil with half a dozen'able women already holding responsible Government positions. These women' are discoveries of tho war (states the "Daily Mail"). They include : •; • Miss Talbot,; head of the., Woman's Department at tho Board of Agriculture. Now working .12 hours'a <l!iy to help women to get on the 1 land through tho women's agricultural committees .and to satisfy the up-to-dato farmers who. know'how to make- use [of women's labour. She has travelled | all over the country 'inspecting model schcmcs. • > - Miss Durham, Central Bureau of the Board of Trade.' Has tho organisation and classification of all women who apply' for war work, and has a great reputation among employers for sending tho right women for tho particular work, Miss A. Gardner, .Divisional Offices, Board of Trade. A veryi experienced organiser. Holds the strings of tho women's departments in Employment Exchanges in London and all over,, the country. . Mrs. Crawford. After very successful organisation at tho Ministry of Munitions has already been secured to help; in the organisation sf' AVombn's, . National Service. • " i ' Miss Barker, Woolwich Arsenal.-She-knows the whims and fancies, requirements and ability of every type -of woman who eiver offered herself - for work in a munition factory. Mrs. Tonnant can also turn to a great band of women who have been organising voluntary associations since the beginning ,of the,.war, including: Lady head of-Women's Legions, 72 Upper Berkeley Street, W. Has supplied women for the Army as cooks and motor-transport drivers, also for the land, and has organised canteens. Her aid _in selecting women for responsible positions is keenly Appreciated by the War Office. Lady Henry ] Grosvenor, prominent among the organisers of hostels and canteens'for women workers. Without these it would liavei been impossible to employ women on munitions. Miss Picton Turborville, organiser of welfare and. hostel schemes for_ the Young Women's Christian Association all over tho country. Miss B. Picton Turberville, a serious rival to her twin sister. Organiser of welfare schemes and hostels for young women at centres where the Young Men's Christian _ Association, under whom she works, is already established.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3061, 24 April 1917, Page 2
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360WOMEN LEADERS OF WOMEN Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3061, 24 April 1917, Page 2
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