LADIES OR WOMEN?
Sir,-I hope that the correspondent who dislikes the title "For My Lady," has revised her views. I feel that most women, especially hard-working women, will prefer the present title, which allows us to forget for a while our work and hum-drum surroundings. "For My Lady" to me means women working for the war, and all it is being waged for, i.e., beauty of character, traditions of honour that have stood for centuries, loyalty, faith and sweet charity, and receiving no plaudits or even wages; women working beside their ageing husbands, taking the place of sons gone overseas; working far beyond their strength in their declining years, and enjoying the little respite from their work in this brief and satisfying session of another world. Don’t call the session "For Women" or "For Housewives." We want to forget for a time that we are housewives, It’s not snobbery-it’s beauty of the spirit that title stands for. I only want to be a good woman-not a "lady" in a snobbish sense-but with others like myself, I enjoy a little escape from the everyday.
JUST A WOMAN
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 8, Issue 188, 29 January 1943, Page 3
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187LADIES OR WOMEN? New Zealand Listener, Volume 8, Issue 188, 29 January 1943, Page 3
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