MARRIED WORKING WOMEN
Sir, —I had waited until some more distinguished pen than mine should answer your correspondent’s letter complaining of the employment of married women. Not only the example of the present §ueen Elizabeth, but also of her Royal ighness the Princess Elizabeth, shows that the requirements of public life and domestic bliss can and do sometimes conflict. The Queen's example shows that children mav be left safely in good hands where interests other than the home are concerned: the Princess has shown the same confidence as her mother, a confidence typical of members of the well-to-do class of England for some generations. One of the surprising things to me is the naturalness of New Zealand mothers. Coming from industrialised and war-time England I knew much more of the necessity for renouncing much of motherhood as soon as I got out of bed with my baby, than of the beautiful normality (as It. seems to me) of the New Zealand mother. I am hoping to learn what New Zealanders think.—l am. etc., A. M. G.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 27389, 15 May 1950, Page 6
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