MARRIED WOMEN WORKERS

Hokitika Guardian, 18 October 1930, Page 6

MARRIED WOMEN WORKERS

CONTROVERSY IN CANADA. VANCOUVER, September 12. Apropos of the keen discussion being waged throughout the country on the question of, whether or not, with unemployment rampant, women who have husbands working should be'allowed to hold positions, the Vancouver “Sun” states editorially. “Millions of people will be interested in the action of a prominent bank which is going to fire all its married women workers and return to a pre-war basis of employment. The biggest factor in the unemployment situation is the ousting of hundreds of; thousands of men and their replacement by women many of whom are married.

“No one of course wishes to 'deny work to a woman who needs it, either to support herself or others. But there is reasonable ground for obje'timr, especially in hard .-time®, to, the selfish action of married women, who do not need, the money, but who work to obtain extra dollars for self-adorn-ment or pleasure.

“Apart from the economic result, the effect on this , practice on the home should he considered A Iw-me isn’t a home if both husband and wife are away from it' all day,.every day. There are jobs that women can do better than men—and women should have them. There are jobs men can do much better than women and, in justice, men should be. given these jobs. “It is doubtful if . women will consent to he relegated to the position in which they were 25 years ago. when a. working girl was a rarity. But some sort of balance should be struck, for the good of this nation.”