GREATER ACTIVITY
WOMEN AND POLITICS. . BRITISH MEN ECLIPSED. London, May 16. "I do not know what men do with their time. Maybe they stop at home, nurse'the baby, and prepare the supper'for'their wives returning from political meetings. Anyhow, I know fhpre is Jess activity oij the male side of our organisations, which is more than compensated for by'the increased activities of the women's organisations.?' This statement was made by Sir Austen Chamberlain, formerly Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, when opening a Unionist Fair at Birmingham. "Formerly I was opposed to women's suffrage, recognising that woman does npt "need the vote to get her owji way," added Sir Austen. "I confess now that the evil consequences I apprphended have not followed.'
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Waipa Post, Volume 48, Issue 3479, 14 June 1934, Page 3
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121GREATER ACTIVITY Waipa Post, Volume 48, Issue 3479, 14 June 1934, Page 3
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