"Social Reactions of the War"  

Editorial,  The Globe, February 4, 1918

The war has brought Canadian women together as never before by a common bond of sympathy and sacrifice, and co-operation in the many activities in which their patriotism has found such useful expression. In every community war work has done much to break down the class distinctions and the snobbery which flourished in this young country as in older lands ... The class barriers which have been burned away in the fires of the war ought not to be rebuilt. Perhaps the new and wider opportunities of public service opening to women, and the interest in politics and problems of government which will be stimulated by woman's franchise, will turn into rational channels much of the energy hitherto wasted in a rapid round of pleasures. It would be a great gain if the serious outlook and ideal of service which many fashionable women have acquired during the war become the habit and custom. Certainly during this period of testing the Canadian women have developed a capacity for leadership and for organization which has set the pace for the men. ''