¡¡¡HWomen have been trying to get into the Stock Exchange for many years. ⁹Several votes have been taken in "The House" to see whether the members would be willing to allow women to become members, but the answer has always been "No". There have been refusals of this kind since 1967. Now women are ¹⁰admitted, although in a very junior ¹¹capacity. Two firms of jobbers made an application to the Stock Exchange to be allowed to employ girl clerks. Permission was finally given. A member of the Stock Exchange explained, after this news had been given, "The new floor is going to be different from the old one. All the jobbers will have their own stands, with space for a telephone and typewriters. Therefore there will have to be typists and telephone operators. So women must be allowed in." This decision did not mean a very great victory in the war for equal rights for women. However, it was a step in the right direction. The Chairman of the Stock Exchange said: "I think that the opening of the new building will eventually ¹²lead to women being allowed to have full membership of the Stock Exchange. It is only a matter of time; it must happen."