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PENSIONS FOR SPINSTERS. LONDON. The agitation by spinsters for a pension came under fire when the Association of Women Clerks and Secretaries held their annual conference in London. Miss A. C. Beamish, who preside*', said that in upholding the dignity of womanhood they could only oppose a proposition which considered a woman who had not succeeded in catching a i husband was so much an object of pity I that she had to be compensated at the' rate of 10/ per week. "We consider that it is better to work for improved conditions for all women and pensions at a lower age for all," ehe said.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 108, 10 May 1939, Page 6
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