WOMAN'S WORK

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 375, 9 November 1932, Page 7

WOMAN'S WORK

INCREASED ACTIVITIES SINCE WAR PERIOD. Dame Rachel Crowdy, who was principal commandant of the V.A.D.'s in France from 1914 to 1919, and later, for twelve years, director of the So~ eial Questions seetion of the League of Nations, has had some interesting things to say lately about the work done by women sinee the war, states a London writer. There have been setbacks, but there has also been progress. For instance, says Dame Rachel, we no longer hear that women are less able to stand hardships than men. Lady Bailey's lone flight over thousands of miles of swamp and jungle gave the lie to this theory; so did Miss Amelia Earhart's Atlantie crossing. Before the war there were only. a few women who h'ad. succeeded as explorers. Gertrude Bell was a notable example, hut now many women are taking part in exploring and exeavation expeditions, and they are penetrating the most remote and littleknown parts of the world. The British included women in their team at the Olympie- Games this year. go , did Japan, in spite of the fact that only ten years ago Japanese women were forbidden by law to take part in a politifeal or international gathering.