EFFICIENT AUSTRIAN WOMEN
Austrian women claim to be the most independent in the world. They say that in an emergency they could run a whole city in every detail without male assistance. Of 3,000,000 working Austrians. 1.000,000 are women, according to offii cial statistics recently issued. Here ' are some examples of the numbers of women who have found their way into professions generally regarded as the monopoly of men: 33,689 farmers, 286 physicians, 214 gardeners, 201 mechanics. 101 chauffeurs. 36 carpenters, 22 i engineers, 19 master locksmiths, 18 kinema operators, 4 horse dealers. In addition, there are thousands of I feminine civil servants and clerks.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23044, 21 November 1936, Page 26
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105EFFICIENT AUSTRIAN WOMEN Otago Daily Times, Issue 23044, 21 November 1936, Page 26
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