FORGOTTEN WOMEN


Gradually their cause was taken up by reformers and legislation passed to prevent the worst of these evils. Trade boards were set up to secure a minimum wage for certain trades. I am pleased to note that three British colonies (Victoria, New South Wales and New Zealand) that led the way here by introducing, in Victoria, a wages board to determine a minimum wage, and in New South Wales and New Zealand, an arbitration system which included the principle of the minimum wage.

1 This was a House of Lords committee set up to examine the plight of women in sweated industries.

2 Crow, Duncan. The Edwardian Woman. Allen & Unwin, London. 1978, p.77

3 Ibid., p.76

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