An important joint meeting of the Social Service Boards of the B. W..A., the A. W. C., Shanghai Women's Club and the Y. W. C.A. was held last Friday afternoon in the B. W. A. Headquarters, The chairman of the meeting, Mrs. H. ©. Mei, opened the discussion by saying that this joint committee had been investigating the conditions under which women and children were working in Shanghai and that they wished now to take some more definite steps toward remedying them. Brief remarks were made by Miss Agatha Harrisqn of the Y. W. C. A., Mrs. ©. Gordon Mackie, Chairman of the Social Service Board of the B. W. A., Mrs. T. T. Wang, Chairman of the Social Service Committee of the Shanghai Woman's Club, and Mrs. Harrison King, chairman of the Social Service Department of the The different speakers brought out the necessity for moderation in reform measures and the.responsibility of the foreign owner for improved conditions. Miss Zung Wei-tsung of the Y. W. C. A. mentioned how difficult \it would be to change Chinese custom but did not discourage them.
It was decided that an official letter voicing the views of the joint committee should be sent to the Municipal Council.
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