WOMEN'S INFLUENCE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 200, 24 August 1937, Page 13

WOMEN'S INFLUENCE.

THEIR J£ACE IN WORLD. SUGGESTED BENEFICIAL REFORMS. aty=ifie" New Women's Club listened with interest to an address given ByvMr. Fitzherbert, who had as his subject," "Women's^Place in the -Mr. Fitzherbert traced the influence of -women on the entire race from earliest baby daye, when the mind and brain were there, with infinite scope for good.or bad training. In the vast majority good training resulted .from her tireless efforts. In adult: Hfej- how, ever, women had as yet been.granted only a very email place in the governing of their children,' who had only grown up. Iα the speaker'* opinion there should be equal representation of both sexes in any governing body. Mr. Fitzherbert was also an advocate for defined payment for house duties, a sentiment , ' which, amidst laughter, was most heartily endorsed by the housewives present. The granting of a pension to every woman over 50 to ensure economic security was another reform which women were definitely entitled to. said Mr. Fitzherbert. Mrs. A. E. Robinson, vice-president, presided. Hostesses for "the afternoon were Mesdames Humphreys and Backet.