WOMAN'S WORLD.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18889, 11 December 1924, Page 12

WOMAN'S WORLD.

SOCIAL NEWS.

Mrs. Cooke. Dcvonport, is visiting Mrs. Hazard, Riverbank. Terrace, WaiJiK Mrs. John, of Sydney, is the. guest of her sister. Mrs. Hugo Friedlander, Sea View Road, Remucra.

Miss Nancy Martin, of Gi&borne, is at present in Auckland, having returned from Sydney by the Marama.

Mr. and Mjs. H. Harston, of Napter, accompanied by Miss Joyce Haratcn,' havo left for their home.

Mrs. Stratton, of Hastings, who has been the guest of Mrs. Shanty. Grafton Road, returned to Hastings last week.

Mrs. Powley and her daughter, Mrs. Heppelthwaite, of Sydney, have taken up their residence at Brightsidj Road Epsom.

Miss Helen Taylor, who has been visiting her sister. Mrs. F. Mackay, Dromorne Road, Remuera, returned to Cambridge last evening.

Mr. and Mrs. Alcock, accompanied .by their two daughters, arrived from England by the Marama on a visit to their daughter, Mrs. Cole, Waihi.

Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Merritt, who have been staying at the Hotel Cargen, have now taken up their residence at Mon Desir, Takapuna, for some w T eeks.

Miss A. Walker, who has been the guest of Dame Nellie Melba, and also of Mrs. Robert Blair, in Melbourne, returned to Auckland'by the Marama.

Mrs. W. Maiden, of Sydney, and her two sons were among the passengers by the Niagara, returning from an extended tour of the Continent and North America.

The engagement is announced of Miss Susan Austin, youngest daughter of the late Mr. F. 0. Austin and Mrs. Austin, Shortland Flats, Auckland, to Mr. Alex 1 ; Dickins, England. ,

Mrs. Peacocko and Miss Lorraine Peacocke returned to Auckland by the Niagara after an absence of two years. Miss Peacocko first attended the University of California, and at the conclusion of her studies they toured the States, Canada and Mexico.

EMANCIPATION OF WOMEN. FIFTY YEARS OF PROGRESS. SCHOOL OF MEDICINE JUBILEE. [from our owx cobrespokdent.] LONDON. Ocj. 30. Fifty years ago there were only two women on the medical register of Great Britain, and the doors by which they had entered the profession wero barred against any who might try to follow. Today the medical register contains the names of well over 2000 women. Among the most important factors contributing to the evolution that tho last half-century has seen was the founding of the London School of Medicine for Women in 1874.

A nobly-planned and magnificentlyrendered service of thanksgiving in connection with the jubilee of the opening of the school was held last Saturday afternoon, at St. Paul's Cathedral. The note of the service was that of grateful remembrance of tho women "" who had secured for their sex admission to the profession of medicine 50 years and more ago, combined with hope and courage for the future.

The vast congregation which filled the whole floor-space of the cathedral, as well as the galleries, was by no means restricted to women, but included many men, most of whom boro medals and decorations which testified to their work in the- military hospitals. Women of everv career and calling had come in recognition of the fact tnat with the opening of the medical profession all other barriers to women had been broken down. Mrs. Helena Normanton, in wig and gown, represented the Bar, and accountancy and the telephone service, finance and commerce, art and literature, all sent representatives. The students of the London School of Medicine undertook the duties of stewards and .made a dignified gronp in'the black skirts and whito silk blouses which they wore beneath their academic caps and gowns. The words of the commemoration of the women pioneers in medicine, spoken by the Archdeacon of London, ran: '"Through the ages there have' been women in spirit born before .their time. They had visions and faith, and by their toil and sacrifice and courage, opportunities for women in training, work and service have been won. Three pioneers opened the door of medicine to women: Elizabeth Blackwell, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson and Sophia Jox BlaJie. With love and reverence, our hearts turn to them.''