WOMEN'S PAY
OBSTACLE OF PREJUDICE
Women's pay was the subject of an article in The Economist, wellknown British journal, in which the following appeared:—"Whereas formerly many women competed for relatively few jobs in a range of occupations limited by tradition, prejudice, training and aptitude, the demand for their services now threatens to outrun the supply. In consequence it is expedient as well as right that women should gain on the roundabouts of war work what was denied them on the swings of competitive employment in the past." The writer concluded: "The war has given the community the chance to start again on a fairer and more efficient foundation; and over a great part of paid employment there is little doubt that the only obstacles to 'equal pay for equal work' are the prejudices which have hitherto compelled women to seek their living only through a narrow funnel of illpaid jobs."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 36, 12 February 1943, Page 5
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