FORMER VICE-REINE
j Lady Denman, president of the Federation of Women's Institutes, has by sheer organising ability linked together nearly 100,000 members scattered in 5000 villages of England and Wales, slates a London writer. This Countrywomen's Parliament, as it is called, has just held its annual session in London and demonstrated to the world at large that the country cousin is just as up-to-date as her town relation. A charming woman, a well-known hostess, and the wife of a former Gov-ernor-General of Australia, Lady Denman is popular wherever she goes. The daughter of the first Viscount Cowdray, she is a keen sportswoman and an adept at the art of fencing. A clever speaker, she has often deputised for .her husband. Lady Denman is particularly interested in* the development of rural industries, and her great ambition is to make England "Merrie" again. When she was in Australia it was said that there had never been a more lovable Governor-General's wife than Lady Denman.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21916, 27 September 1934, Page 3
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