CAPE TIMES - 1933, 10 & 18 August
THE STAR Johannes burg - 1938, 13 January
Reading through the old newspapers I noticed several
articles about WOMEN who were PIONEERS on their fields, as they were Thorough
and Devoted to their jobs.
In 1933 Mrs. CD Rackham, a member of the Royal Commission of
Unemployment Insurance in London, made a statement that Women formed an
essential part of Commerce and Industry in 1933, not because they took less wages, but because they were so thorough and devoted to their work.
Mrs. Rackham mentioned that women were not encroaching on
men’s jobs, as modern industry had become divided into work specialized in by
men and into work specialized in by women.
There was a trend that women undersold men by taking lower
wages, and that could be answered by the charge that it was disgraceful of
employers to offer women less than men. Women were worth far more than they
were getting. Men did not have a women secretary because she was a few
pound or shillings cheaper. In dozens of city offices the heads of the business
all had women secretaries, as women were a necessity in commercial life. (CAPE TIMES - 1933, 10 August)
In 1933 Miss Marjorie Douglas, sister of Captain Rod Douglas, had
been awarded the BELLIN CUP for the Most Efficient Pilot among members of the Johannesburg
Light Aeroplane Club. She received this award for the second time in 3 years.
Competition for the cup was divided into 3 sections – a landing
competition, a bombing competition and a written examination. Miss Douglas won
both the bombing competition and the written competition, while Mr. E Mauritzi won
the landing competition. Miss Douglas was first with a total of 91% and Dr. B
Mundell was second with an aggregate of 83%. (CAPE TIMES - 1933, 18 August)
ANNA
SCHETININA was one of the first ladies to become the captain of a Soviet ship.
Here she is seen in the radio cabin of the steamer “Chavicha” on a trip between
Vladivostok and the Kamchatka Peninsula. (THE STAR Johannesburg - 1938, 13 January)
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