APPOINTMENT OPPOSED
OF MARRIED WOMEN TEACHERS. ;j>y jeiegrapn—press Assoruit.on). OAMARTJ, November 14. Tito principal of appointment of married women teachers ,was strongly opposed at the >' well attended meeting of householders of T’otara school yesterday. The position has arisen as a result of a proposal to appoint a young married ■ woman whose husband is in a good position, and who has been married only nine months.
Out of a number of applicants her position is the highest on the grading list.
The- following resolution was unanimously passed—This meeting of house.holders views with utter dismay the (appointment of a married woman teacher a« assistant at Totara, on the grounds firstly that from an economic standpoint her husband is able to provide for her; secondly, the appointment would cause the unemployment of a young teacher; thirdly, in view of the hostility, the interests of children would not be furthered and large numbers be withdrawn from the school which would suffer in grade, necessitating the transfer of the headmaster.
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Hokitika Guardian, 14 November 1930, Page 6
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