WOMEN OF BRITAIN
AID IN WAR EFFORT WELFARE COUNCIL PLEA « (Reed. June 1, 9 a.m.) LONDON, May 31. Women members of the House of Commons, under Miss Megan Lloyd •George, are organising a campaign to ensure the maximum use of waste materials. Mrs. Oliver Strachey, of the Council of Women’s Welfare, has pleaded for simpler home life in order to release women for war work. She says that there are 5,500,000 women normally in employment. 3.000,000 in reserve, and ,10,000,000 others, half of whom would be available for employment.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20262, 1 June 1940, Page 12
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89WOMEN OF BRITAIN Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20262, 1 June 1940, Page 12
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