Women

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Image: Women’s war work, 1942

Women’s war work, 1942

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Women at War

Women at War

Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Image: Counting for nothing

Counting for nothing

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: US–Kiwi relations

US–Kiwi relations

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Karori Children's Centre

Karori Children's Centre

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Newspaper

WOMEN'S WORK IN WAR (Evening Post, 13 November 1939)

National Library of New Zealand

Other

Women together

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Newspaper

WOMEN'S WAR (Evening Post, 01 October 1940)

National Library of New Zealand

Image: Women's War Service Auxiliary girls selected for work in Egypt entertained in Wellington

Women's War Service Auxiliary girls selected for work in Egypt entertained in Wellington

Auckland Libraries

Newspaper

WOMEN'S PART IN THE WAR. (Wanganui Chronicle, 24 January 1917)

National Library of New Zealand

Image: The women staffing the Lowry Hut canteen in Etaples, World War I

The women staffing the Lowry Hut canteen in Etaples, World War I

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Women! over 17 years of age. For a healthy, vital war job, join the Women's Land Service. [1942-1943].

Women! over 17 years of age. For a healthy, vital war job, join the Women's Land Service. [1942-1943].

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Illuminate: Women in War Trailer

Illuminate: Women in War Trailer

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: Evening I Post" Photo.. Tlie uniform which is being worn by the Women's War Auxiliary. Coat and skirt are greenish khaki in colour, and tlieir felt hats are turned up at the side and pinned with a Neiv Zealand badge. (Evening Post, 02 September 1941)

Evening I Post" Photo.. Tlie uniform which is being worn by the Women's War Auxiliary. Coat and skirt are greenish khaki in colour, and tlieir felt...

National Library of New Zealand

Image: Poster, 'She helps her Boy to Victory'

Poster, 'She helps her Boy to Victory'

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Weekly Review No. 106 (1943)

Weekly Review No. 106 (1943)

Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Image: Paste and Paper (1942)

Paste and Paper (1942)

Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Newspaper

WOMEN IN INDUSTRY (Evening Post, 16 April 1941)

National Library of New Zealand

Image: Women in the media

Women in the media

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Women in the suburbs, 1950s

Women in the suburbs, 1950s

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: First woman to serve on a jury

First woman to serve on a jury

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Air Force women in World War II 23 Dec 2011

Air Force women in World War II 23 Dec 2011

Kete Horowhenua

Image: New. Zealand nurses who were recently the guests at Christchurch of the Registered Nurses' Association and the Overseas Women War Workers Association. From left, Nurses S. Pemberton, N. Newton, I. M. Simpson, A. Bruce-Smith, E. M. Walker, M. K. Wills, and A. Crampton. (Evening Post, 14 June 1941)

New. Zealand nurses who were recently the guests at Christchurch of the Registered Nurses' Association and the Overseas Women War Workers Associati...

National Library of New Zealand

Image: Are we downhearted? It is easy to guess the ansiver of these soldiers of the Maori Battalion, who are amongst the N.Z.E.F. Forces in the Middle East. Each day brings a faster tempo to Canadian war industry, and more women are being absorbed into the country's munitions factories. These girls are inspecting shell cases in one of the large plants. (Evening Post, 10 June 1941)

Are we downhearted? It is easy to guess the ansiver of these soldiers of the Maori Battalion, who are amongst the N.Z.E.F. Forces in the Middle Eas...

National Library of New Zealand

Image: Elsie Carlyon in RNZAF uniform : digital image

Elsie Carlyon in RNZAF uniform : digital image

Wairarapa Archive

Image: Elsie Carlyon in RNZAF summer uniform : digital image

Elsie Carlyon in RNZAF summer uniform : digital image

Wairarapa Archive

Image: Miss Salmon saluting

Miss Salmon saluting

Auckland Libraries

Image: A British Amazon

A British Amazon

Auckland Libraries

Image: New Zealand Insurance Company interior, 1917

New Zealand Insurance Company interior, 1917

Auckland Libraries

Image: Four Women at the Newton Family Home

Four Women at the Newton Family Home

Kete Horowhenua

Image: Transport section of New Zealand Women's Auxiliary Army Corps: girls responsible for delivery of many types of army vehicle

Transport section of New Zealand Women's Auxiliary Army Corps: girls responsible for delivery of many types of army vehicle

Auckland Libraries

Image: Portrait of a Gunner, inscribed Porter

Portrait of a Gunner, inscribed Porter

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Unidentified WWI soldier, right arm amputated, seated at a desk at Oatlands Park, Surrey, England

Unidentified WWI soldier, right arm amputated, seated at a desk at Oatlands Park, Surrey, England

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: The Mailed Fist. The Blow to Industry and Commerce. (NZ Truth, 17 October 1914)

The Mailed Fist. The Blow to Industry and Commerce. (NZ Truth, 17 October 1914)

National Library of New Zealand