MARRIED WOMAN TEACHER.
PROTEST AT APPOINTMENT. HOUSEHOLDERS IN SOUTH. [BV TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] OAMARU. Friday. The principle of the appointment of married women teachers was strongly opposed at a. well-attended meeting of householders at Totara, near Oamaru, last evening. Thfc position arose as the result of a proposal to appoint to the local school a young married woman whoss husband is in a good position and who has been married only nine months. Oat of a number of applicants her position was the highest ori the grading list.
The following resolution v.as unanimously carried: "This meeting of householders viewr with utter dismay the appointment of a married woman teacher as assistant at Totara on the grounds, firstly, that from an economic standpoint the husband is able, to provide for her, secondly, that the appointment would cause the unemployment of a young teacher, and, thirdly, that in view of hostility the interests of the children would not be furthered, but a large number would be withdrawn .from the school, which would suffer in grade, thus necessitating the transfer of the headmaster."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20722, 15 November 1930, Page 10
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180MARRIED WOMAN TEACHER. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20722, 15 November 1930, Page 10
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