If your rural women may now whistle a little more, and are expected to work a little less hard in the fields and amongst the stock than their mothers, the emancipating evolution of the town has not yet reached them in its fullness. I am inclined to think they are happier, more contented and certainly more purposeful and useful because of this fact. If they do not enjoy “the company” at the inn, they have far more opportunities for social intercourse than their mothers had, for they have their Women’s Institutes, their more frequent visits to town, and the round of local whist drives and other “do’s.”
Fairfax-B/Yorkshire
THE NORTH RIDING PROJECT 
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