GIRLS AS JUDGES

Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 16, 19 July 1932, Page 11

GIRLS AS JUDGES

An Englishwoman was Finland's delegate at the International Congress of Local- Authorities which opened at the Central Hall, Westminster,- recently (states the "Daily Mail"). She was Miss Agnes Dawson, a teacher of languages at Helsingfors, ana she. was asked-by the businessand professional woihen 's clubs there to attend the con-: gress on ,their;, behalf. :'"!'.': have been in Helsingfprs teaching English to all kinds . of. people '■ for some years," Miss Dawson said, Finland, is a .woman's country. They have so much more freedom than in any other country, and, every career is open to'them. 'Girls of 22. act as Judges-^--a sort of counsel for the premier Judge —and there are many .prominent women architects^ politicians, doctors, - and heads of important businesses. During the past year or two thero has arisen a great and general desire among all classes of people to learn English. Our language is regarded by them as an essential mark of culture." Miss Dawson, who is "a graduate of the London School of Economics, speaks French, German, and Swedish fluontly.