Woman Fined for Refusing War Work
Received Wednesday, 8.55 p.m. LONDON, Nov. 4.
What is believed to be the first case of a woman being summoned for refusing to take up war work as ordered was heard at Leicester where a 21-year-old woman was fined £2. The woman, who is now employed in a munitions factory where she was sent by an employment exchange, refused to take war work outside Leicester town when directed by tho Minister of National Service.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 264, 6 November 1941, Page 5
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