FAIR PLAY FOR WOMEN
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIB,—No one can deny the difference in the size of the field now open to women, compared to that of the middle of the last century, but the blockade continues, and in many places where women have gained a footing, efforts are constantly Made to dislodge them. In the orchestral world, for instance, anyone behind the scenes knows that attempts ere being made' there to get the women out.
In the mediCal pretension; one for which women have amply demonstrated their ability, we have had recently the closing of the medical schools, and never yet, after all these years of efficient and splendid work, have the hospital doors been opened more than a crack to them. How many London hospitals, treating female as well as male patients, have women on their staffs ? In this whole matter of the hospitals, there is a double injustice—first the narrowing of the opportunity for gaining experience, and secondly the prevention of those women who desire it, from obtaining the' services 'of their own sex. There is a large and Owing body of women who not only trust but keenly desire to consult their own 'sex particularly In Illness peculiar to women.
I have had some considerable experience In this matter, both of professional women who have to go to hospitals and Work- ing women who wish' they " could see a nice lady doctor." While we rejoice at whit has been gained, it is well to take stock of facts and realize how much there still is to be done.—I am, Sir, dre.,
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