WOMEN ON EDUCATION BOARDS
Sir,-May I-as one of those you describe as "pleasantly warmed by the news that . . . women are standing as candidates for the Wellington Education Board" — refer to your interview with one of these ladies? Your contributor quotes her as describing the work of the boards as "unspeakably tedious" and "boring"; regretting that knitting would not be welcomed and, strangest of all, saying "I don’t suppose I shall enjoy the work." Since this curious delusion may ‘discourage some of your readers who might otherwise seek seats on Education Boards, let me say that, in ten years membership of a board, I have found every meeting packed with interest and I do not believe that any intelligent woman would have wanted to knit. If lengthy correspondence, such as this lady dislikes, does come from school committees, it reaches the board in brief and crisp précis at the hands of the secretary. Members are supposed to know what is happening in their own wards; the board expects expert comment from them and generally gets it. The very pleasant contacts which we
make with members of school commit-tees-many of whom are enthusiastic in the cause of education and the children -more than compensate for all the time given to the work, and it is an honour as well as a pleasure to meet our teachers and to learn in what capable hands young New Zealand finds itself. I can promise any woman member intensely interesting work and a complete absence of boredom.
A BOARD MEMBER
(Mapua).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 7, Issue 166, 28 August 1942, Page 3
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255WOMEN ON EDUCATION BOARDS New Zealand Listener, Volume 7, Issue 166, 28 August 1942, Page 3
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