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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18961, 7 January 1930, Page 12

E - ■■ il Women and the League. Certain women, it is known, are given prominent places in the councils of the League of Nations, Dame Rachel Crowdy being the chief. She is, of necessity in her position, a woman of linguistic abilities, besides, of course, possessing _ the traveller’s experience necessary in dealing with her particular subject, the problem of the opium traffic. In her opinion, many evils need only to be known to be corrected —as, for instance, the low marriage age in many lands. Countries thus guilty were shamed into putting their houses in order. Nevertheless, she finds the w'ork, in other respects, hampered very much, and gracefully saluted » woman companion in the League, a Siamese lady, Mile Devakul, with the remark: “It is well for us that some Eastern women are arriving, for perhaps they will teach me patience/* Princess Radziwil of Rumania is another leading lady in the League. Her work consists largely in bringing into this great Council the voices of the various women's organisations, while her linguistic talents also help much in the always important social work of the League. Women are largely' engaged in business connected with the League's library, but it is noted with some disappointment that none of them occupy the higher positions.