Work That Is Recognized By the Empire With the exception of five Indian honours, all the women in the New Year's Honours List came under the Order of the British Empire. There are, however, five or six other Orders to which women are entitled to admission, though naturally not is ich large numbers as to the Order of the British Empire.
"Plorence Nightingale was admit. ted to the Order of Merit official of the Lord Chamber! Department said recently, women are eligible for the Victoria Cross, the Crown of India, Imperial Service Order, and to be Companions of Honour. The rea-on that only women figured in the Order of the British Empire list yesterday is that the big 'B, E.' list ida Comes out only once a year—in the Birthday Honours. The men's names will appear in that. The idea of the 19 women 0. B. E. was to give a sort of new year's gift to women who have earned this honour."
The Duchess of Bedford, who has become a Dame of the British Empire, received her honour for the Keen and practical interest she takes in her own hospital at Woburn Abbey. She is on duty there frequently and explains that the hospital was run entirely by herself, and was not in any sense a volun: tary one, "Iam in close touch with all the work here," she said, "and am very much interested in' it.
Maternity and child welfare, to which the Ministry of Health and public authorities all over the country now attach great importance, received a special mark Jof favour by the conferring of the Order of the British Empire upon Miss Jeannette Halford who founded the National League for Health, eternity, and Child Welfare in 1909, "The whole movement for the welfare of mother and child rests upon the League," Miss Hal-ford said, "and I helped to start the movement. It works all over this country and abroad, and the League links up the country with London and the overseas branches as well. Besides the infant welfare centres, the League started the first antenatal clinics, which are now as popular as the welfare centres."
Women's work on war pensions committees was recognized by the 0, B, E's for Mrs. Edith Broadbent, of the East and Mid-Sussex War Pensions Committee, and Miss Rosalie Henderson, who works in a similar capacity in East Cumberland. Mrs, Chalmers, of Bromley, Mrs, Shelion Jones, of Warrington, fang Mrs. Turner, of Bristol, were other pensions committee members whose work has had recognition. read in order that they may see what is being done elsewhere, i "The Mothers' Union and "The Workers' the latter being the official organ of the Society and the direct means of communication between workers and the central organi tion.
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