The Archive · 1926

A Microscope on Europe

She has just completed a year's travels in China, taking a pleasant holiday in this country, after a period of arduous, though' eminently' interesting, work in. Europe.

Dr, Castle set out in 1921 with the intention of taking up residence in Europe where through study and contact with the peoples of different, countries she would be able to acquire a first hand knowledge of conditions. This knowledge, was to be no superficial approach to the subject, or characterized as Dr, Castle herself explained by any of the half-baked observations that "Europe has a grudge against America". It was gathered from many sources and in many countr It comprised principally the Women's Movement throughout post war Europe, ranging from the quiet and unobtrusive methods of the Scandinavian woman to the spirited political interest of her sister in Central Europe and to the more gradual ut equally—noticeabl keenness of the Latin. But Dr, Castle did not confine herself to this, sie of post-Europe only. She studio ed the educational renaissance in the Balkan states and chatted with Mussolini in Italy, met all the women, members of Parliament in various!

"sand exchanged her point wy with the leaders in literary' thought in most of Central Europe. The easy approachibility of these was a point stressed by the author.

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