“There are those who say that woman's only sphere is the home," said the Mayor, Mr. G. A. Troup, at tiief annual meeting in Wellington of the Society for the Protection of Women ami (lihldrou. “1 maintain it is not her only place. It is her supreme place, I will admit. (Hear, hear.) . . . Woman’s sphere is the
sphere she can occupy with honor, and with service, whether it he in the home, among young folks, in the social sphere, or in public life. Speaking for myself, I would heartily welcome women on the City Council. 1 would like to see them take their places in Parliament, and I hope the time is coming wnen we will have our women representatives in Parliament. ’ ’ Hear, hear, and applause.) Mr. Troup added that he was strongly convinced that women police were, needed in New Zealand. That was a very important sphere they could fill, and he hoped it would soon he taken advantage of by the Government. Women exercised a greater moral power in life than meii. and they also had a great intellectual power.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16797, 9 November 1928, Page 14
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