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English: On 13 April 1896, the National Council of Women was inaugurated in Christchurch. Kate Sheppard, a prime mover in the franchise for women movement, gathered together a group of women who like herself, were concerned with social reforms in general, and reforms affecting the status and conditions of their sex. She became first president of the council which she formed. The aim of the council was to ‘unite all organised Societies of Women for mutual counsel and co-operation, and in the attainment of justice and freedom for women, and for all that makes for the good of humanity’. More than a century later, the NCW still works in the interests of women, but it is a very different organisation from that established in the 1890s.
Shown above is a photograph of the delegates to the first convention of the National Council of Women in April 1896. From left, standing: Mrs A Ansell (Dunedin), Mrs Henry Smith (Christchurch), Miss A E Hookham (Christchurch), Mrs G Ross (Christchurch), Miss Jessie Mackay (Christchurch), Mrs Isherwood (Christchurch), Mrs Black (Christchurch), Mrs Widdowson (Christchurch), Miss F Garstin (Christchurch), Mrs Wallis (Christchurch), Mrs Darling (Christchurch), Mrs J M Williamson (Wanganui), Mrs Wilson (Christchurch). Seated: Mrs G J Smith (Christchurch), Mrs A Daldy (Auckland), Mrs Hatton (Dunedin; Vice-president), Lady Anna Stout (Wellington, Vice-president), Mrs Kate Sheppard (Christchurch; president), Mrs A J Schnackenberg (Auckland; Vice-president), Mrs W Sievwight (Gisborne), Mrs M A Tasker (Wellington), Mrs D Izett (Christchurch, secretary). Seated on floor: Mrs C M Alley (Malvern), Mrs A Wells (Christchurch), Miss Bain (Christchurch). Photographer unidentified. This photograph is held by the Alexander Turnbull Library: General Assembly Library. National Council of Women, Christchurch. Ref: 1/2-041798-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. natlib.govt.nz/records/22694035 This version comes from the book The National Council of Women: A Centennial History, by Dorothy Page (AUP 1996). The book is part of a collection of records relating to 1993 Suffrage Year celebrations, deposited by the Ministry of Women's Affairs Archives Reference: ABKH 7357 W4788 2/ 55/1/91 www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=6502292 Further information can be found here: www.nzhistory.net.nz/politics/womens-suffrage/national-co... www.teara.govt.nz/en/1966/womens-organisations/page-7 |
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