FELLOW CITIZENS
POOLING EMPIRE KNOWLEDGE It is extraordinary how little each part of the Empire knows of the everyday life of the other parts. About a year ago several English women were "so struck by this that they founded a society, the " Fellow Citizens of the Empire," in order to try to increase mutual knowledge, particularly as to the different ways in which social questions were being tackled. * As a result a residential school is already in existence, run in conjunction with the Westonbirt girls' school in Gloucestershire, which teaches civics and social hygiene. Its object is to give girls who are going overseas, either as wives or social workers, knowledge which will enable them to be of use. in their adopted country. This, however, is essentially an English school, and the aim of the " Fellow Citizeus " is to pool the experiments and experience of the whole Empire. They are therefore planning, not only a non-residential school in London for students from all parts to open next year, but also lecture and study tours overseas. It is hoped to start with a tour to India in 1935, and that social .workers, not only from Great Britain* but from the Dominions, will take part.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22030, 9 February 1935, Page 6 (Supplement)
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203FELLOW CITIZENS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22030, 9 February 1935, Page 6 (Supplement)
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