Stoney Creek Women's Institute Scrapbook (Rogers) 1967-1979, p. 11

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f day, théiqu'estions 'éand With "less fusS", STONEY , CREEK - pithefworhen'of the world were asked to solve "more ofithe' political problems facing governments to- ' would be solved much more quickly according to Mrs. 'Aroti Dutt, {president of the Associated Country Women Of The gWorld.' ' ' lo Mrs. Dutt was incl-lamilton 511.0 attend a garden party yes- 'f'terday, Sponsored by the Ston- Ifey Creek Women's Institute, i the mother institute. ti "Women are used to wor- tying about l'thimgs, b1"? 0311. when they want to and on 1 their terms. They are usedbo. ,'copmg with crisesat any giv- en moment," she said. ' i ' a} Mrs. Dutt, from'Oalcutta, in {the Bengal province of India, Lites been presidentiof the or- iganiaafion since 1965 and will E1 missidmtuntfl the national % erencein 1968. » Em; fend will be touring =20 states gailithe U.S.A. after the week- those justlgbeginning are ex-, changes of members and ' . 1, national conference of the ated Women's; Institutes E10f"(}ananda._ends in_ Guelph on, .. day. ' « she'hassvished .12, countries , it fince . 1965, including Canada, ' TRY to seeowhat has heal accomplished "by, the ' groups in the various coun- tries and 'cities, ,see what chuld be'done inftlie future, and offer suggestions regard- ing plans I have seen in prac-- _ ' countries," ' she - tice mother said. "- , 'She noted that the Women's ' Institutes of Canada and in other nations are helpin fledgling groups of un erde- veloped countries realize the potential a rural woman has. "Ch -'ty is not the way to set a nation's women on their feet; to help you must prom- ote leadership in rural corn-- munities. Self-help is the in- gedie ." , 'THE WAYS in which other {women's mstitutes'gican help "workers, scholarship, Norma- "tion'hn inuh'ition and child the, care and means of improving household management: Mrs. putt is a housewife in Calcutta, with a husband and a 19-year-old son. She said, "I couldn't have done any work ' at all in the organization with- -.things straight, in my part of out their support. No house- , wife, coming into this job coul ." ' ' She said that She became interested in women's institute ' work i'thr'ough her mother- innlaw, who' began the -w0m-' en's institute work'in Bengal. 'ers. rDuiit lives out of a suitcase for three or 'four months each year as she trav- sels from place to place. How- ever, she seemed unharried, cahn 'and cool asshe met many of the guests at the gar- den party yesterday" 4 " Dressed in a deep rose sari and royal purple remarked that blouse, she keeping - six yards of material in a sari pressed and cleaned often takes "a lot out of me." , SHE REVEALED that for a / threemonth trip she normally - takes 18 to 20 saris with her. "One thing everyone re-- good or ev11," she said. . l , , ,WMS--«mm arrears: as "aegis, , \ st; ;,« marks on is theabsenoe of any red'inarriagé' mark on my , forehead," She smiled, refer-g ring to the, tear-shaped drop often seen on the foreheads of Indian women. "Just, to get India, these are not used.fI wear an iron and gold brace, ~ let and red powder along the, part in my hair as marriage; marks," she said as she indi- cated her left -' sided part. Mrs. Dutt believes that 'bet- ter understanding of peoples around the world will lead to peace. "BE '1: T E R understanding: and better living conditions go ,hand in hand.» P 11,6 in d i c e against others'is'only an'ef- fect of'ignorance; educate the , peoples of the 'world and pre- judice will disappear, living conditions Will improve." and" illiteracy ._ends in the world. The lives, thoughts and ideals of women have such an effect on the lives of men, they change the »Z.W0rld, for » ~.--:.., the: 2.1;.

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