WOMEN IN POLITICS.
The letter from "Independent Woman" is to the point. Women candidates must expect to encounter the barriers of party convictionIt is of no use a woman standing as a partycandidate and expecting to get the votes of all women, for with many party comes before personality. lam a Eoskill voter. I felt and still feel strongly that there should be women in Parliament. But I felt still more stronglr that Reform should be voted out. Although for some reasons I wished to see Miss Melville elected, I voted against her. There were thousands in a similar position. I would not to say when a woman will be elected to our Parliament, but I venture to say that she most either stand for a "safe" seat—and for the "safe" seats there will always be an abundance of men offering—or she must be a woman of outstanding personality and achievement standing as an Independent. MALE LIBERAL.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 281, 27 November 1928, Page 6
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