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"[M afraid I can’t get worked up over this. When a woman marries she should have a form of State dowry-a payment of say £200 to £250 a yearfor her job is no forty-hour week matter but a full-time one. And as to women in industry, if they can do a job as well as a man, they should have the same wage. I believe in that.’’ This is the opinion of Joan Cochran, M.A., a former teacher, and joint author with her husband of a’ book, Meeting and Mating, reviewed in The Listener in December, 1944. "Single women," she says, "‘should be compensated for not being married. Only by receiving reasonable pay for their work in office, or shop or factory, can they save enough to have comfortable homes of their own. I am in favour of paying according to need, but. need is hard to assess. The principle of paying according to ability and achievement is sound; to create a body of cheap labour is a bad thing. "If women were paid equally with men it would be a great help to family life, because they would be able to save money before marriage and assist their husbands to make a really good start," said Mrs. Cochran. "Most women want home life and a family. Those who don’t can look after themselves.. They would be useless as mothers, anyway, and had better stay family-less."
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 360, 17 May 1946, Page 6
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239Teacher and Author New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 360, 17 May 1946, Page 6
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