WOMEN'S STUDY CIRCLE

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 3, 4 July 1938, Page 14

WOMEN'S STUDY CIRCLE

INTERESTING REPORTS

The delegates to the National Council of Women and the Women and Girls' Employment Bureau, gave their annual reports to the members of the Women's Study Circle.

Mrs. Chapman, in presenting her report of the N.C.W., said that this year the council had not only maintained its position, but had made some progress. The number of affiliated societies had increased, but what the council would like to see increased was the associate members, for. it was felt that women who were interested enough to become members of the N.C.W. generally had something useful to contribute to its deliberations. The meetings this year had been unusually, successful, the attendance being excellent.

The N.C.W. resembled in many ways the League of Nations, and it could not exist without the support of the^ affiliated societies that constituted it. The aims of the National Council -Of Women were in no way local, parochial, or specialised. Only by, a policy of co-operation could it accomplish its objective for women, which was the greatest good for the greatest number.

Mrs. Outhwaite, in her report of the Women and Girls' Employment Bureau, said the bureau had been instrumental in doing very useful,service since its inception, and was still in demand by young and old, when unemployed; though, "the-young could easily obtain employment. \ The problem, a very acute one, was the assistance to older women; whose ages were between 40 and. 60, and this still remained to be ; solyed. These yrere incapable of doing heavy or sustained work, and for them the bureau: was doing a very real service.. They were employed on-, the "cleaning rota," in the kitchen, or in the sewing room, making garments, for charitable institutions who supplied the .-.': materials. They were paid 14s per week, beside* their meals. The older women had frequently expressed their appreciation of the service, as they felt that at the bureau there, was a real interest in their welfare. The bureau also endeavoured to have .a list of rooms to let, where women could obtain accommodation at a reasonable rent.

The president, Mrs. Bosher, thanked both delegates for their reports, which enabled the membep to follow and take an interest in their work.