THE WOMEN'S MOVEMENT.

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 206, 28 August 1920, Page 20

THE WOMEN'S MOVEMENT.

A~T'l"i.\Ki:U. A μ-raml nlil nf tit-- wuil.cn'.jiiuvciuriit. iia.- jii-l jia-.-i'il ;iu,:> ill I "' liiilL 1.i.-lod IUMIiy liltri'll vciir.-. Jo tin , ' \OUllger grni/ial .i'l] .- ;c i\;i- mily kiii><vu » MHi'li 111 I iii< c:i!Mj>a.u'i fur I ■•■i , ii'ilil- ' «-i:iiH> in IS.i;, . in iiiilitv *lio «ii- in":- , , I linn .i U-.nliT, " i ill':- '.. .u:ii ritiiitiir - , lockinL- l-ii.U. mid u:;h ;<'.] ,r-[.<-rt,' il.lVl' been till' .-(lilM. ~! till' IllilWllli'tll hern. \\ lien tin- ilni' i:-l I i vv.iinfii'siilTragi' i-iimi. i■.. !j .:i.i; .kl: >11 i liri-t-i .•hiirrli wit'i >,;■ .li.lin 1 J :. 1 ] ami liio W.C.T.r . ii ua-i Mr-. Diildy. iier-elf i. , mcinlirr of tin V.uki.iud lir.i'n. ii uf liiat women nlnni , ruiihl nut i-urry ""' reform. ; Wr niii-l L-i-t tin' wiimi-n" imt-iiU-. r-lu- ' ilr.-1.nv.1. all i-!n«i>J .i-i.l ;-arti ■-. mill a- ' ninny us |in.>n>li«. i i.n .im|iii-iiU.i tl«' , Woii'iph's Kr.m.liis.' h-u.s Mart.-! hnre. nth.T .•Piiln-s fnlliiwi-il Mlil. mi.l all wiinipii ivrrc inviti'il tn juin inn] tako jiarl in i'io ■»I niLTali , for tin' voti , . I'ulilie mrctini:- «i-n> iii-lil nn>l H |ii'litiunj iirj.-ani.-ril vit i ivlii !i the wiiifli-n wen I • hrmsi- in An. i-. , urn I n n<l tin- ntlio'r turn's j \v,!n.n- miniiMi's |.-:i«iu-j tturo in u\i<t- : i-in-r. It y.«.< wiliiinit siiyinj; tli.it they' ri'iM'ivi'il lull -i-Hiil i-MiiMr-y from many | ». li.i li-.l.i\ a;.- i-i-.-i I'iiifj [In , fruit uf tlicir i laliuurs. Mr-. DaKlv ami lu-r a:-i-tants • srctthu .|iuti. an imiiiviitimi '< in ilx'-i' il.i) « T!ii' j • •-jji>ii~i- iia- mar- | vi-Hitu- an.! ':.,.■ |.-i:ti..ii a linpi' *Ut -• [ It i-iiiitai:ir.l mi many irunli-i'iN uf iiiuncs ] .mil nn* mi Ui k;. t at it 'i.ul ti> l>o tiikvn I into tin- Kuil-i- of l!i-|iri -rntativi-s nil a whi-rlbarron, \\ lion t lip Sutlrap. Mill j ■hppflmi' part ■•:' tin , ( ■ui-litiitiun Lht* i Fr.inc.hi,-:- l«..'uc< himV ilisl>nmli-<l, Mrs.; ■OnlJy's it- iinmr tv the j Wom'iMi's rolltii.nl Icupur. Nivdlc.-i to! sny. she .vn- lln , lipnil iiti'l fruiit nf tlmt ' lici'dy until ulie «n« «trin-l; down by paralysis in 1110 H. In tli ( . inoiintimo sho | was forpniunt in every iiinvenient Hint | meant tlie nplit'tinjr "f ivomen. and wn* | largely instrumental in onriinisiiiii tlic , old Kutionnl Council of Wntm'ti. In the I early nineties Mrs. Ditldv wa< natur- j nlly a liutt for all tlie ehenper form of i witticism-!, and licr fenturca were ns well known to the readers of the local comic paper ns Vjose of thp Premier. I The Liberal and Labour women did not i sec eye to eye with her on many points, | by birth nnd upbringing she was very conservative, but onp nnd all admitted and admired her disinterestedness, her courage nnd ability, and her absolute sincerity in demanding justice nnd equality for nil -women. She lived to see most of the ideals for which she hnd ■worked so enthusiastically concrete facts, and therein she was blessed more than many of her associates. If a history of the women's movement in Xew Zealand is ever written, Mrs. Daldy's name will he anion" those most honoured, for ilior work will live for all time.