“The Next Thynge.”
“Do the next thviige wan a motto of tin* prophetic: and practical Rev. Charles Kingsley, and the* next tiling which presents it^t*lf to our mind, so far as our N’.Z. women are concerned, is that tlit*v busy themselves in seeing that niotln rhood i> represented on our State School Committees. (Jirl pupils and women teachers form a large proportion of those coming under the jurisdiction of such committees, and it is neither seemly imr just that the administration of affairs should he leit so largely in the hands of men. l! the ( nions. throughout the Colony will, during the next lew weeks, serioiislx set to work and bring forward a" candidates really suitable women, something may l>e done to remedy the present lopsided condition of tli'ngs. The education of children in the broadest sense is specially woman s domain, and te leave uninfluenced tlicschoo 1 life is a flagrant neglect of womanly duty.
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White Ribbon, Volume 12, Issue 140, 15 January 1907, Page 7
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156“The Next Thynge.” White Ribbon, Volume 12, Issue 140, 15 January 1907, Page 7
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