"Women Publishers" is the name of @ publishing house in London composed entirely of women, uc: cording to the Vote. Its field ix the putting out of books written by women for women, the editing weekly paper, Every-woman—thia is a new venture which was supposed to begin about the first of tha year—and the training of gitla io the field of letters. Miss Evelyn Gates is the founder and managing director. Miss Gates went to Ni wich High Schoot and later Nownham College, Cambridge. She waa president of the college debating society and the cohere suftr society, Business methods, publicity, Staff control were next a London store. For si acted as assistant editor Industrial Year Book, an: became secretary and assistant editor to a firm of publishers, The natural outgrowth was complete independence, so she established her own company. Tt was successful and the possibilities were so great that before long she registered aa limited company with a capital of £10,000, The board of direstorx includes five women besides Mim Gates. sweat piece of work Year Book—a moat, rohensive reference book for women—thres editions of which have already beow sold in' Women Mes, hadith Cowan, first anid only woman member of Parliament. for West Perth, Australia, has had one bill passed and ix now working foe a second, which will establish equality of sex in the matter of eligibility for public office. Me, Cowan sees no objection to women being ministers of the crown and thinks it ludievous that a man should be Minister of Motherhood.
Mes. Cowan was born at garry Station, Western Aust Her grandfather was one of the earliest magistrates of this district, 180 that public ofice is mingled with liber childhood memories. Her hus band was Master Registrar of the Supreme Court. and later, Magis: trate of the Local of Perth, She has four daughters and one son, who is a barrister in Perth, Her activities have been almost too numerous to mention. She served on all sorts of committeon during the war, and for her Red Gross work was' honoured by the King. She ix senior among the frat five women appointed—as main" trates to sit as members of the Chit. dven's Court. and is also sewtior woman justice of the peace, To sum up her activities, hor interest is humanity, and in whatever branch calls, she answers.—"Woman
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