Word: womens
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...there much doubt that the great majority of Swedes firmly seconded Mr. Sandler's ideas. At monster rallies all over Sweden, huge collections were taken up for the Finnish cause. Women threw their jewels, men emptied their wallets into big barrels. At Stockholm's Finnish Legation, large gifts poured in. At least one Swedish physician turned a sizable fee over to Finland. Socialist Chairman Frederick Strom of the Stockholm City Council was cheered far & wide when he suggested that every Swede give one day's income...
...shows a Salvation Army "citadel" with doors marked MEN and WOMEN. Every time an actor starts for one, the crowd shouts: "Wrong door, wrong door...
...Duke of Windsor, when Prince of Wales, scandalized the English by appearing, in women's clothes, in a piece called The Bathroom Door...
...when enough women took up the game to make competition exciting, Eleo (as she is known in swish circles) won the first national squash racquets championship for women. The following year, she held famed Professional Walter Kinsella, world's squash tennis champion from 1914-26, to a tight score in an exhibition match. This year, at 58, white-haired, lithe Eleonora Sears is still going strong. Last week, in the Atlantic Coast squash championship (at Atlantic City), first big tournament of the season, she reached the semi-finals in a field of top-flight players, most of whom were...
...Grand Old Girl of squash, she can still tire out the average youngster. One morning last week, when she had no match scheduled, she played nine straight games with hard-hitting, 20-year-old Hope Knowles (who later won the tournament). Five games is enough to wind most women squash players, but Eleo said she was not even warmed...