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Hokitika Guardian, 29 December 1923, Page 4

Hugland is waking up to the m-cos sity of placing in respini-dhlo positions uvt-r women and children only > Ufh ni l heir .'o>c o.s liavo received some spo' iul training dust as the nur.-o is e<> loti "it represented l.v -Mrs (ounp. so the workhouse matron or head official is to he no longer some soured being who accepts stteli a position only because site is too mentally unqualified for anything needing intellect, rhti' the llirmingham Workhouse authorities have recently advertised tor a chief woman officer, who must he ''cli educated and have recognised training ia.social economics. This i- a step which might well he followed both in England and in the colonies. Too often our male authorities, hotter or, prefer the ••homely’' ignorant woman sometimes because they honestly think her the host, hut more frequently because male vanity does not desire a woman as an equal. A sensible woman without training and not well educated can often do well when under another who is her superior. Also “ho