Canterbury Women Since 1893

Pegasus Press 1979 edition. Ex library copy. Inscription inside. Some markings. Spine faded with library stickers.
An illustrated, very detailed study of important women in Canterbury since Women's Suffrage in 1893. Canterbury women, since they gained the vote in 1893, have continued to fight for a wide range of causes - some important, some trivial; some lost, some won. This book records public and domestic activities of Maori and pakeha women in both town and country. It described the hazards of childbirth under primitive medical care, the misery of the Depression years, the physical slog of pre-electricity housekeeping; it shows also the lighter side, when new ideas on everything from sports to fashions, and new gadgets like the bicycle and the typewriter, were starting to change women's role in society. Canterbury has produced some remarkable women, particularly in the fields of education, broadcasting, politics, health and social reform. This is a valuable account of what they have achieved...