FIVE-DAY WEEK PROBLEMS
A WOMAN’S SI GCIESTION. Writing to a southern caper a woman correspondent states that she notices that women’s organisations are trying to solve the problem presented by the five-day week—“women working from dayl.ght till dark, while men work from 8 a.m. till 4.30 p.m. on live days a week and on the two remaining days amuse themselves spending their easily-earned money.” The correspondent, suggests that the housewife should go out in the afternoon and leave the following note for her husband:
“Dinner in the oven wiil be ready at 4.30. See the children have their dinner, wash up and if you are staying at home, send the children to bed at 8 p.m. If you are going out, send them to the pictures. If I am not home when you are going to bed, leave the door unlocked.” The writer suggests that if women took this course the five-day week would very soon be a thing of the past.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 24 July 1947, Page 9
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