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Women past and present, Kim Worthington

Posted on May 26, 2019 by NZ Books

Women Equality Power: Helen Clark: Selected Speeches from a Life of Leadership Allen and Unwin, $45.00, ISBN 9781988547053 Women Now: The Legacy of Female Suffrage Bronwyn Labrum (ed) Te Papa Press, $35.00, ISBN 9780994146007 If there was ever a year…

Tagged with: Allen and Unwin, Bronwyn Labrum, Helen Clark, Issue 126, Kim Worthington, Te Papa Press, Winter 2019
Posted in Essays, Gender, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology

Lessons from history, Bronwyn Labrum

Posted on June 9, 2015 by NZ Books

Rough on Women: Abortion in 19th Century New Zealand Margaret Sparrow Victoria University Press, $40.00, ISBN 9780864739360 Someone I follow on Twitter reported that a friend of hers had no idea that abortion is yet to be decriminalised in New…

Tagged with: Bronwyn Labrum, Issue 110, Margaret Sparrow, Victoria University Press, Winter 2015
Posted in Gender, Health, History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology

Patchwork, Deborah Montgomerie

Posted on March 1, 1999 by NZ Books

Fragments: New Zealand Social and Cultural History ed Bronwyn Dalley and Bronwyn Labrum Auckland University Press, $39.95, ISBN 1 86940 185 9 Fragments bills itself as a step towards a Brave New World of sophisticated histories of New Zealand life,…

Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Autumn 1999, Bronwyn Dalley, Bronwyn Labrum, Deborah Montgomerie, Issue 45
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology

Writing herstory, Margaret Lovell-Smith

Posted on September 1, 1993 by NZ Books

Women’s History: A Short Guide to Researching and Writing Women’s History in New Zealand Bronwyn Labrum, Bridget Williams Books/ Historical Branch, Department of Internal Affairs, $17.95 Women of Spirit Barbara Sampson, The Salvation Army, $9.95 The Ladies Are At It…

Tagged with: Barbara Sampson, Bridget Williams Books, Bronwyn Labrum, Historical Branch Department of Internal Affairs, Issue 10, Margaret Lovell-Smith, Rosemarie Smith, Spring 1993, The Salvation Army, Women's Studies Victoria University of Wellington
Posted in Gender, History, Non-fiction, Review

Variety, uniqueness and eccentricity, Bronwyn Labrum

Posted on June 1, 1993 by NZ Books

Women in History 2 Barbara Brookes, Charlotte Macdonald, and Margaret Tennant (eds), Bridget Williams Books, $34.95 Mid-way through women’s suffrage centenary year, the distinctly double‑edged nature of the whole business is becoming increasingly apparent. On the one hand women…

Tagged with: Barbara Brookes, Bridget Williams Books, Bronwyn Labrum, Charlotte Macdonald, Issue 9, Margaret Tennant, Winter 1993
Posted in Gender, History, Non-fiction, Review