[23:1] The statistics show the situation up to April, 1918.
[24:1] The words I have italicized are not mine, but are quoted from the
Report.
[27:1] It is worth noting that, as far as I know, no word of protest has
been made by women against these statements. The Report, since I wrote
this chapter, has been widely commented on in the daily papers, in some
of the weeklies, and in all the suffrage papers, but these passages have
been passed over. Surely this is very significant.
[28:1] Since published by the Fabian Society as a small book.
[31:1] An excellent article on the Report, entitled "Demobilization of
Juvenile Workers," by Miss L. B. Hutchins, appeared in the _Contemporary
Review_, February, 1919.
[38:1] Since writing this, the Government, backed by the Labor Party,
has passed its Pre-war Practices (Restoration) Bill, which will exclude
women from many of the trades which they have entered during the war;
trades in which they have done skilled work and received high wages. On
August 15, The Sex Disqualification (Removal) Bill, after a promising
early career, went by default.
_Second Essay_