Eager Women
REQUEST FOR CONSCRIPTION.
'' Conscription of women'' is practically the request of a letter received by the Hon. G. W. Russell from the Auckland Women's National Reserve. This body has adopted a motion urging the Government to consider immediately the question of conscripting women for war purposes.
"In support of this resolution," the letter continues, "we beg to draw your attention to the fact that many thousand women throughout the Dominion have pledged their loyalty and desire to practically serve their country while our men go forth to protect it. It is therefore with astonishment and misgiving's, in the face of Mr Lloyd George's appeal, that we read of the various proposals discussed in Parliament on the man-power quostion without a suggestion that the woman-power of the country should be utilised in answering the appeal. We feel that this reflects on the patriotism of the women of the Dominion while it does not display the readiness of that full and sufficient sacrifice which the dire extremity of our nation demands."
The letter mentions that the Women's National Reserve has machinery ready to help the Government.
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Levin Daily Chronicle, 25 April 1918, Page 4
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186Eager Women Levin Daily Chronicle, 25 April 1918, Page 4
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