_The Evening Post_, 14 July 1924:
WOMEN IN PRINT.
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The reason for the City Council’s refusal to grant a bus conductor’s license [sic] to Miss A. Russell was stated at the meeting of the council on Thursday; says an #Auckland exchange. [In response to Miss Russell, the Finance and legal Committee submitted a report] … to the council on Thursday, when it was recommended that the following reply be supplied: “That it is against the public interest and inappropriate in normal times and conditions to license #women as conductors of public vehicles.” The recommendation was adopted without comment. The following resolution adopted by the Civic League was forwarded by that body:—“That this league protests against the action of the City Council in refusing a license as bus conductor to a woman merely on the ground of sex.” This was received.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19240714.2.115
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