Every Girl - A Social History of Women and the YWCA in Auckland 1885-1985

Trough the medium of the Auckland Young Women's Christian Association, the author examines one hundred astonishing years of women's aspirations and endevours.

A book about what it means to be female in New Zealand.

- Over 300 never before published photos.
- Profiles of Auckland's early feminists and some of the city's most impressive women.
- The Beginnings of women's sport in Auckland including cricket, baseball, hockey.
- The legendary Down Towwn Club which kpt the city dancing right through the war.
- The hidden history of unemployed women in the depression.
- The youth rebellion - bodgies, wigies and milk bar cowboys - and the cult of the homemaker.
- The slow death of domestic service and women's invasion of the office.

- from the back cover.

Published by the Auckland YWCA, 1986
Good 2nd-hand condition.