Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches
The task of collecting and editing the various essays of which this book is comprised, has not been altogether easy. Some literary defects and absence of unity are, by the nature of the scheme, inevitable: we hope these are counterbalanced by the collection of first-hand evide...
Well-paid posts seem to be exceptional. A woman with an intimate knowledge of City conditions, who was chief accountant to an important firm for sixteen years, informs me that £...
14. Part 14There is one woman inspector of prisons who is a medical woman, but she is not a medical inspector and was not appointed in that capacity. It is much to be hoped that women pris...
13. Part 13As the agitation increased, the efforts of these pioneers to obtain a qualifying course for women in Edinburgh, were supported by a committee of sympathisers, which speedily ros...
3. Part 3There remains, lastly, the case of the student who, while definitely desiring to teach, wishes at the same time to go on with her own work, to undertake research or advanced or...
7. Part 7These considerations must militate against the appearance of domestic subjects in the school time-table, but there are others working in exactly the opposite direction. These ar...
20. Part 20The classes already mentioned have, until the present year (1913), been recruited solely for the Post Office, but the class of Women Typists, numbering about 600, are a Treasury...
6. Part 6The salary of assistant teachers in the London special schools is £10 a year more than the salary such assistants would be getting in the ordinary Council schools. This extra pa...
15. Part 15It is essential for the woman who intends to succeed in this profession to have excellent physical and mental health, though great muscular strength is not necessary. During stu...
17. Part 17The duties of Men Sanitary Inspectors are very clearly defined, and differ considerably from those of the women. Men are mainly engaged in the inspection and reconstruction of d...
18. Part 18The number of Women Inspectors at present employed is not nearly large enough to cope with the work that needs to be done. It must be remembered that the staff enumerated above...
19. Part 19The _Telephone Service_ also offers a few important posts to women. In the London Telephone Service a Woman Superintendent is appointed at £200-10-£300, 9 Supervisors at £159-6-...
4. Part 4Not that the intellectual side is unimportant. A University degree is normally required in an assistant and this involves a three or four years' course of considerable expense (...
16. Part 16The training for the examination of the Central Midwives' Board is based on the method pursued in medical education in English-speaking countries, viz., there is not one uniform...
2. Part 2Yet there is need to call attention to certain drawbacks which are common to all branches of the profession. As a class, teachers are badly paid, and many are overworked. The ph...
22. Part 22A common grievance seems to be the amount of overtime imposed on many clerks, sometimes paid for, but often obligatory whether paid for or not. There is a naive arrangement in t...
5. Part 5These statistics are indicative of the urgent need for total abolition of uncertificated and supplementary teachers, since the recognition of these grades offers a direct incent...
1. Part 1The task of collecting and editing the various essays of which this book is comprised, has not been altogether easy. Some literary defects and absence of unity are, by the natur...
23. Part 23Having achieved a certain amount of experience on tour and in London, and being more or less proficient in her profession, does not, however, ensure an increase in the actor's v...
12. Part 12Name. Value and Tenure. Remarks. #Entrance and Undergraduate.# Foundation Bursaries(4) £20 4 years Foundation Bursary(1) £50 4 years Patrick Kidd £32 3 years William Byers £39 3...
8. Part 8There is at present very little direct promotion open to the Domestic Subjects' teacher in elementary schools. In London there are practising-centres for students in training, a...
9. Part 9Name. Value and Tenure. Remarks. Bibby(2) £20 3 years Open to candidates of not more than 18 years of age Morris Ranger £20 3 years _Ladies' Educational £30 3 years Open to wome...
10. Part 10The Society of Home Students provides for the education of students who are not in residence at any College. It undertakes to prepare students for pass as well as honours examin...
11. Part 11Name. Value and Tenure. Remarks. David Anderson(2) £30 4 years Restricted to candidates from specified schools or districts Duart £32 3 years Restricted to candidates from speci...