WOMAN'S WORK.

White Ribbon, Volume 22, Issue 263, 18 May 1917, Page 2

WOMAN'S WORK.

both the “Times” and the “Manchester Guardian” pay a high tribute to the courage of the women workers in a munition factory where an explosion occurred, killing 2 6 and wounding 30 women. The other girls in the factory remained at their work perfectly cool and perfectly disciplined. There was no panic and no collapse. The “Manchester Guardian” recommends that these women and girls should he given the medal for war service.

From the annual report of the Medical Research Committee it will be seen that over a score of women have been employed in the highly scientific work of pathology, and their numbers are constantly increasing. It may be of interest to mention that it is the invariable practice of the Committee to make grants to women upon precisely the same scale as those given to men. In determining the amount of a particular grant, the Committee state that they are solely guided by their judgment of the nature and value of the work done, without reference to the sex of the scientific worker concerned.

The London Hospital, perhaps the most conservative of all hospitals in regard to the recognition of women, has now admitted seven women doctors to their medical staff. There are at present five hospitals in London entirely officered by women.

The names of sixteen women are mentioned for “specially distinguished service” in a despatch from Sir John Murray from Egypt. The devotion to duty, zeal, and skill of the nursing services of these sixteen women voluntary helpers who are unconnected with the military organisation, are described as “beyond praise. ft

The medal for valour has been conferred on Countess Helena Gleichen and Mrs Nina Hollings. Both these ladies belonged to the British X-Ray section at the Italian front.