Kate Zilpah Manicom
1893-1937


SPINSTERS --- They're Britain's Greatest Problem
"They're Pushed Out of Jobs by Younger Women"
says Miss MANICOM.

Washington -- [Special] -- "The woman of 30 is the biggest industrial problem in England --
if she isn't married."

Miss Kate MANICOM is speaking --
129 pounds of pink and white English femininity.
She represents the International Federation of Working Women
at the Arms Conference.

"It's practically come to this:
That there's no place
for the unmarried woman of 30 who hasn't means.
There's little chance of marriage for her
and she's being pushed out of the business and industrial world
by younger women with less responsibility
who can work for much less money.

-- PLANS RELIEF --
"We've got to do something for these women.
We must keep employers from ousting them from their jobs."

Miss MANICOM is 28.
She was an organizer of women's unions before she was 21.
Now she's the one outstanding international figure
in woman's industrial world.

MARRIAGE?

"That would have been much more ideal," she says,
"but I shall have to keep my career.
Many women like to wear the scalps of their conquests
on their belts.

"But--with a little smile--
"I shall feel my life has counted for very little
if I never have a child of my own."

SOURCE:
LIMA NEWS
Lima, Ohio, USA
29 November 1921


The following information was found at the website for ELLIS ISLAND,
the the main entry point to the USA.



MANICOM, Kate
Great Britain, English
London, England
DATE of ARRIVAL -- November 11, 1921
Age at Arrival -- 28 yrs 6mo
Female -- Single
Ship's Name -- AQUITANIA
PORT of DEPARTURE --
Southampton, Southamptonshire, England, UK


In Nov 1921, Kate sailed aboard the AQUITANIA to the US for an International Conference.


According to the Ship's manifest,
Kate stood 5' 3" tall.
She had brown hair and gray eyes.

Kate's 2nd cabin passage was paid by herself and she had never been in the US before.
She was planning initially on being in the USA for a few weeks
c/o Miss Mary Anderson, Woman's Bureau, Washington.

Her number has the word TRANSIT stamped on it
and under occupation is listed 'Union Official'.

Her final destination is WASHINGTON DC and her NEXT of KIN is listed as:
Arthur MANICOM
31 Jephson Road
London England E7


Kate Zilpah MANICOM was born Mar 11 1893
in St Pancras, London, England,
the eldest child of
Arthur Henry MANICOM & Louisa CHILDS
who were married in 1888
in Reigate, Surrey, England.

She worked as a postmistress from 1924
and died Oct 7 1937 in London England.