Mothers' Participation in Public Life

The women's league that demands freedom has drawn up a scheme permitting British mothers to take a fuller share in public life without its affecting the course of their home life, and the scheme is expected to be put into effect shortly in London.

As a result, mothers will be able to take part in public life and attend discussions and meetings. Informal clubs known as "Mothers' Centers" will be formed, in which women will gather to confer on various matters; and every one of the main streets, and every small group of roads, will have one of these centers.

Women will be given the opportunity to attend meetings and take part in local government — especially now that the world has recognized the important role that mothers and housewives must play.

In addition, a body known as the Special Service will be formed to help the members and supply them with all the information needed to understand government schemes and proposals and the contents of the White Papers and official reports, and likewise to give them a clear and complete picture of the course of events.

Those responsible affirm that this Special Service has nothing whatever to do with politics; it is merely a body supplying the members with the necessary information. And this new scheme will answer the need felt by British women — their desire to use their experience and their ability in the field of public life without colliding with what every British woman considers a sacred right: the care of her home and her family.