WOMAN’S WORRIES
BRITISH M.P.’S LIFE “UNDER-PRIVILEGED SEX” FACT-ON-TABLE BAN (1 p.m.) LONDON, May 2. Life for a woman in the House of Comons is not without complications, accrding to the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Fod, Dr. Edith Summerskill. Speaking recently, she said: "I belong to the under-privileged sex. Although I have long legs I am not permitted to put my feet on the. table in the House, although one quite short man continually does.
“If I, smile at the Opposition, they say I am trying women’s wiles, if I do not smile, they say that public life is souring me. If I wear a hat with two feathers they say I am trying “feminine stuff.’ If I wear a severe hat, they say I am becoming masculine.” a Dr. Summerskill visited New Zealand in 1944 as a meber of the British Parliamentary delegation. She said on her arrival in Auckland that she liked men, but was prepared to fight them e> ery inch of the way to secure ter women the same privileges as men enjoyed.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22320, 3 May 1947, Page 5
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