80th anniversary: Battle of the sexes
Annette Rawstrone, Editor and Liz Roberts,
Editor-in-Chief
Wednesday, December 7, 2005
The home front Madam: I have read your new paper The Nursery World, and I am greatly impressed by the gravity of the great task you have undertaken. You have my warmest wishes for its success. Nowadays women, to all appearances, care for little else than pleasure and display - short hair and shorter skirts.
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