Woman of To-day

Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 28, 23 January 1931, Page 32

Woman of To-day

"THE economically free woman of to: day is a phenomenon not known before in history," states a well-known ‘authority. The. electrical age hag --come so that women can free themselyes in their own homes, In‘an allelectric house work should be finished by 10 o’clock in the morning. The great--er part of housework is stupid drudgery, and the application of electrical science will make for the housewife a fuller, richer, and more varied life, There are, I believe, about two million surplus women in Hngland to-day, and for these electricity is meeting their demand for leisure when they return from business. England is the nly country with an electrical ass\#iation for women, but other countries are making great strides. For instance, in Holland, enterprising shopkeepers have the pavements outside their windows heated by electricity during the cold weather, in order to induce prospective customers to linger still longer ! Then again, the cleverness of the Swiss engineer is hard to over-estimate. No matter how high up in the mountains, the tiniest hamlet is always electrically equipped,