WOMEN IN POLITICS

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 10, 12 January 1929, Page 18

WOMEN IN POLITICS

: ELECTION :IN ENGLAND .., Signs,;are increasing -that ■\voinen will play -'a, leading !part-in :the nest'-;'©lec-tion,'"'iot'pnly'.'as'.voters but; afso. as' or; ganisers an^d speakers,, says, the 'f Morning Post. I ?,Their-.interest'in .politics, Where?.'it is not already: developed,'is being iarg'oly stimuiated by a realisation oi,;.the,,ji'eed- to VflgEt,'Socialism.'■.,' „,. ; ; 'in,this the,. older; ; woinen;are not .alone, but are being supported : ;by the modeni .girl, who, contrary to many opin.ions. that have :been ;i formed of her, is now taking'seriously to politics. This is shown by their'large attendance- at the various schools o£,political;study which have been formed. 1 by the Women's Unionist Organisation.:. ■,::.' ' •;'. -.jAt-Torquay, for example,; there have beenMnore than one hundred students I.' Their^time is -devoted, to, ■■'■■■ speakers,' classes,;, and:, to lectures.,oiu historical and other 1 subjects' affecting the public issues'*thatvwill'-.be before the electorate; ■'■■-, ■'■:- ■•■ '■■'■'■ '■'■'' ■■;■ :'' '' -'■'■'■ ''. ' Other evidence 'the det-ermination amdng the.younger.women.to fit themselves'for the political .battle is to be seen in-the number of applications that ai-e' still- coming in to swell the already long list of those 'who • wish ;to attend i the special -series"of six; lectures on '' Industrial. History an d. Legislation'/ being given '■> by 'Mrs. Skelton, at tho Conservative Central: Office,' Westmin-, ster. '' -"■■; ■.•■'■ ■■•■ '■' ■' •'■,.■'-. ..- '■■■ -' Over one hundred-women Municipal Beform candidates were returned in the recent borough elections in London alone, and'in the "national, sphere the women's activites in the campaign aro in full swing. - - .