Word: matronly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...recent years she has been a proper little matron, known to Austrians as Die Gnäddige Frau, "the Gracious Lady." She has spent most of her time doing complicated 2,000-piece jigsaw puzzles, chatting with priests, walking out (since she got the habit of early rising) before sunup to feed the neighbors' dogs...
...quell the "quite inaccurate" publicity accorded these rules, Dame Gwynne-Vaughan gave a Women Journalists' Jamboree last week at Brighton, but added little to ATS lore beyond stating: "The qualities sought in a young ATS officer include something of the motherliness of the matron in a boys' school. The girls bring their troubles...
Should mothers fly planes? Yes, they may, says the Civil Aeronautics Authority (all five of whom are fathers). Should expectant mothers do likewise ? Certainly not, says the CAA. This typically masculine decision got very much in the hair of blue-eyed Mrs. Betty Huyler Gillies, Long Island society matron and transport pilot. Last week she sent a message to CAA: lift that...