POLITICS AND THE STAGE.
MRS. PHILIPSON'S SPEECH. LONDON, June 8. Mts. Philipson, speaking after the declaration of the poll at Berwick-on-Tweed, where she won by 12,000 \-otes to 5858 received by the Liberal and 3968 by the Labour candidates, said: "I am the first actress who has dared to face a critical audience on the political stage. It has not been easy for mc to listen to some remarks made about women in my profession by those who sought to lower the prestige of its members, but women have shown that they can and will trust a fellow-woman, and men have proved that they realise that a woman is not debarred by her sex from upholding the British traditions of honour and sportsmanship in politics."—(A. and N.Z.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 131, 4 June 1923, Page 5
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