PROGRAMMES FOR WOMEN.
The Editor, "The Listener." Sir,-In my opinion the Broadcasting Service is not making the best use of its opportunities as far as women are concerned, providing practically nothing but household lore, light book reviews, and chats on trivialities for those times when women may be expected to be the chief listeners. There are many women, I am sure, who would welcome something more truly educational, arranged in brief talks like those provided for schools. What intelligent woman in these days does not wish she knew more of economics, civics, elementary science, etc., both for her own edification and in order to make her a better companion for her family? To the thousands of our country-women who leave school just when their intellectual faculties should be reaching their full development, the great literature of the past is a closed book; how much more it would enrich their minds than the cheap serials to which they listen so avidly. If a few such courses could be tried out, preferably with a follow-up of written work to be sent in, I am sure many women, especially those in the country, who have little chance of attending W.E.A. lectures and such, unless there is enough demand in the locality for a box scheme, would be grateful, and that those who supplied the tuition would have the satisfaction of knowing they were filling a real need and helping to produce what we so badly need, a body of women better able to think for themselves, Yours, etc.,
OXONIAN
Pokeno, April 10, 1940.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 44, 26 April 1940, Page 34
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260PROGRAMMES FOR WOMEN. New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 44, 26 April 1940, Page 34
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