WHERE WOMEN WIN

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 19 July 1924, Page 8

WHERE WOMEN WIN

1923 THE GREATEST YEAR

Miss Philfipa Siva oh ev. ;n the \\ o-R-.'in's Leader" gives calendar for 1923 which show? the pi ogress individual women have in a dr. ' can draw courage to hope." she writes. ‘'that when the national situation at last improves, women will suddenly lie el.served to be in n very much more sal ishictr.i v professional position than they .were he lore the passing of the Jlcpresentatinn ol the i’eople Act. Pht? calendar is as fellows:--•Tanuary.-—Results of fust open competitive examination for higher Civil Service posts. tin. women, hve men appointed. .Match. Appoint incut of woman jtsaislant secret at y. Royal AsU.on.iini.nl Society. . April. —First woman Municipal ( otnmissinner. in Bengal. Mav. Woman wins I’nsimnsi cr-Cen-

~nil’s first-classcertificate for: proficiency in. wireless telegraphy. , . ... June.—First woman lecturer before. Royal Institution. First woman passed examination for - membership of Ihstiiat e of Actuaries. _ July.—Woman wins Freshfield Fellowship for metallurgical. research, Royal School of Minos. Woman' elected president- of geological section of British Association. Women (members, of Survovr.rs’ Institution) employed on Crown estates. Woman appointed minister of Congregational Church. September. —Woman admitted member of Exeter Stockbrokers Association. October.--Woman elected chairman of ’Fades Union Congress. Woman jockey iti iace for Xew market Town Plate. Woman appointed Town Chamberlain. Fort William.

. November.—■‘First woman appointed City Sheriff. Canterbury. Woman appointed entomologist, South Sea- Exited it ion. December.—First woman associate member ,of Institute of Railway Signal ’Engineers.