THE MODERN GIRL

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23011, 12 April 1938, Page 9

THE MODERN GIRL

ADDRESS TO WOMEN EXPLANATION BY PRESIDENT [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] DUNEDIN, Monday Stating that her remarks in regard to the modern girl had been misinterpreted, Mrs. J. F. Drake, Dominion president of the Women's Division of the Farmers' Union, to-dny issued a statement correcting a wrong impression, which she said had been created by the Press Association message covering her speech at the sub-provincial conference of the Women's Division at Ashburton on March 29. Her remarks, she said, when taken from their context assumed an entirely different meaning from that which was intended. For the modern girl she had the greatest respect. Her criticism was levelled at a section which was much in a minority and this she had plainly stated at her meeting. "I have nothing but admiration for the capabilities of the modern girl and for the part she plays in the life of this Dominion," she said. "In the course of my remarks I referred to certain ex- L ceptions to the general rule and made a plea for the. v raising of the status of women whose lot it was to work in the domestic sphere. To this end I made suggestions, one of which was that home science should be made a compulsorv subject in the schools for senior girls. I am emphatically of the opinion that the average bride makt's * as valuable a contribution to the aver- ~ age home as does the average voiiiig man. The Ashburton meeting "hicn I - addressed was attended by ovei - delegates and it was obvious o that my remarks were cordially en dorsed by all those present.