A document with photographs and details of the four researchers from the National Council of Women of New Zealand (NCWNZ) project, Women's Voices: Recording women's stories of the Canterbury earthquakes. The researchers include Amanda England (from 2011 - 2012), Elizabeth Ashby (from 2013 - 2014), Rosemary Baird (2012 - 2014) and Brigid Buckenham (2013 - 2014).
A document with a photograph and details of the Research Committee of the National Council of Women of New Zealand (NCWNZ) project, Women's Voices: Recording women's stories of the Canterbury earthquakes. The Research Committee consisted of Liz Gordon, Rosemary Du Plessis, Judith Sutherland, Helen Gibson, Maureen Fordham, and Cheryl Anderson.
A National Council of Women of New Zealand (NCWNZ) report to the Christchurch City Council. The report was written by Liz Gordon, Rosemary Du Plessis, Judith Sutherland, and Helen Gibson from the Women's Voices Research Committee. It is titled, From Stories to Action: the policy implications of the NCWNZ Women's Voices Project.
A report about the Women's Voices project, titled, "Movers and Shakers: women's stories from the Christchurch earthquake". The report was written by Liz Gordon, Judith Sutherland, Rosemary Du Plessis and Helen Gibson.
A document outlining Rosemary Du Plessis's background and work as the Research Coordinator for the National Council of Women of New Zealand (NCWNZ) project, Women's Voices: Recording women's stories of the Canterbury earthquakes. Du Plessis was the recipient of the May Fran Myers Award for 2014.
An entry from Ruth Gardner's Blog for 14 January 2014 entitled, "Women on Wall".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 30 December 2011 entitled, "Working Women's Waypost".
"The Stories that we tell shape us to be who we are", a report by Elizabeth Ashby produced as part of her Summer Research Scholarship on the Women's Unheard Voices project.
The ideal Victorian woman In Victorian society, a woman was to be meek, mild, virtuous and peaceful (Whiteside 2007). She was expected to marry and have children. She would stay at home, looking after her children and her husband and … Continue reading →
An earthquake memories story from Hilary Barlow, Christchurch Women's Hospital Chaplain, titled, "Hospital chaplains worked alongside medical comrades".
An earthquake memories story from Anne Morgan, Service Manager Children's, Christchurch Women's Hospital, titled, "Runner for the emergency department".
An earthquake memories story from Pauline Clark, General Manager, Medical/Surgical and Christchurch Women's and Children's, titled, "Take good care of you".
"If you're that woman get in touch it would be amazing to put those two together again."
This charming advertisement designed in 1913, was printed onto postcards and distributed at the New Zealand High Commission Office in London to attract young, single women to the colony. Irregardle…
In 1907, a former public house on the corner of Durham and Battersea Street, Sydenham, was opened as the first women’s maternity hospital in Christchurch. Founded by the Right Honorable Richa…
For one of our city’s most famous early women settlers, poor health had marred not only her voyage to New Zealand but also her arrival to her new home at Riccarton. From the moment Jane Deans…
Many of you will already know that Christchurch has a fascinating political history, from labour movements to radical social reform to the campaign for women’s suffrage. It is to my eternal disappointment that this “great ferment of ideas”, as Jim McAloon … Continue reading →
A transcript of Karin de Kaijzer and Julia Burnett's interview for the Church in the Quakes Project. The interview was conducted by Melissa Parsons on 17 October 2012. Burnett works alongside De Kaijzer, who is the Women's Pastor at the South City C3 Church.