Suffrage Centennial Year Trust

Date: 10, 16 November 1999 - 10 Nov 1999 - 16 Nov 1999

From: Trade union oral history project

By: Piper, Susan Margaret, 1951-

Reference: OHInt-0478/18

Description: Susan Margaret Piper born Wellington. Outlines family background - mother, a daughter of Scottish railway engineer, went to university and joined the New Zealand Communist Party. Father, Pip Piper, was a member of the Communist Party and active in the PPTA. Recalls grandmother set up Woodford House School. Discusses politics of family members. Discusses: involvement in the Anti Vietnam war campaign; joining the Labour Party and involvement in the Clerical Workers Union (CWU), with refernce to Des Nolan, David Jacobs, Margaret and Des Nolan, Peter Franks, Tony Neary, Fintan Patrick Walsh, Therese O'Connell, John Slater and Christine Gillespie. Recalls time as employers advocate for the first ever Early Childhood Workers Union voluntary agreement and time as Chair of PSA Child Care Centre. Discusses feminism and its influence. Gives details of rise through union movement and getting involved in the PSA with reference to Ron Smith. Describes the culture of the PSA. Details PSA response to 1988 State Sector Act. Discusses the Employment Contracts Act (ECA), the PSA stance on a general strike against the ECA and the general strike. Talks about compulsory unionism. Outlines involvement with the Suffrage Year Centennial Trust (Whakatu Wahine), with reference to Miriam Dell (Chair), Pat Tairoa, Areta Rewhiti and Lady Judith Hay. Recalls effects of Suffrage Year Centennial. Mentions Working Womens Charter. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Shaun Ryan Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-007490-007492; OHLC-003579-003581 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2.55 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-1895.

Date: 1957-2002

From: Dell, Miriam Patricia (Dame), 1924-2022: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-11638-18

Description: Papers relating to career of Richard Dell, includes correspondence, notes for a CV and a certificate electing him a fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand (1961). Also a certificate registering a star in his name (2002). Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1940s-1994

From: Dell, Miriam Patricia (Dame), 1924-2022: Photographs relating to Dame Miriam Dell

By: Photography by Woolf Ltd

Reference: PAColl-10211

Description: Photograph prints relating to Dame Miriam Dell and her family, taken between circa 1940s and 1994 by Rover photography, Woolf photography and other unidentified photographers. Collection contains: two passport photos of Richard Dell, one is dated 1975 and certified as a true likeness by John Cameron Yaldwyn, the other is undated [circa 1940s], and an image of Richard Dell with Prince Charles at the Australian Academy of Science's Silver Jubilee ceremony in Canberra (1979). A 'Rover Photos' image of probably Richard and Miriam Dell posing on the footpath with a baby in a pram [ca 1940s], two family photographs which accompanied a letter from Auntie Floss (transferred from folder MS-Papers-11638-11) and three photographs mounted on card of Dame Miriam being awarded as a member of the Order of New Zealand in 1993 (transferred from MS-Papers-11638-09). There is also a print (which was deframed by the library) showing a group portrait of the members of the Suffrage Centennial Trust taken between circa 1992-1994 by an unidentified photographer. Sue Piper (back row, far left), Miriam Dell (front row, centre), Louise Deans and Lady Judith Hay are identified, the artist of art work in the background is unidentified. Quantity: 6 colour original photographic print(s). 4 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

Date: 1993

Reference: Eph-C-WOMEN-1993-1

Description: Posters: Women's Suffrage Whakatu Wahine. On the day '93 expo and pageant. Forum North, [Whangarei], 22-23 September [1993]. Winter lecture series. A celebration of 100 years of women's suffrage and struggle. A series of four lectures free to the general public, on the theme of women and safety. Speakers: Kathie Irwin, Penny Jamieson, Ruth Busch, and Sonja Davies. Varied locations, 7-28 July 1993. (2 copies). Faultline Chorus six free singing lessons. If you are a woman who likes to sing, perform, and have fun... Church of Christ Hall, Lower Hutt, starting 17 February [1993]. Department of Labour Te Tari Mahi. Te Wa o te Wahine Maori. 6-10 December 1993. Illustrated by "Lynda Munn". Craft Art Company. Moving forward, celebrating one hundred years of women's suffrage. Exciting new work by and about women. Sun Alliance Centre, Wellington, 5-20 November 1993 (2 copies). Life after the vote 10 Wellington women artists. New Moon Gallery, Sun Alliance Building, Wellington, 15 January-10 February 1993 (2 copies). Women's Suffrage Whakatu Wahine. Women and the environment. Calendar of events. May-October [1993] (2 copies). Ngaio Union Church presents a celebration of Universal Suffrage in New Zealand - Aotearoa. Jordan & Present Co's 'Holy women' and Marion Kitchingman's solo theatrical performance of 'A life in earnest'. Ngaio Union Church, 9 September [1993]. Public profiles - private lives exhibition. Personal treasures and memorabilia from the lives of leading Suffragists who, in 1893, won the vote for the women of New Zealand. The Katherine Mansfield Birthplace, 12 March-12 June 1993. Constructive Agenda, women in architecture in New Zealand, 1933-1993 60 years. Exhibitions of projects, ideas and future directions from women working in architecture throughout the country. Exhibitions at Civic Centre Wellington and 12 Wellesley Street East, Auckland, 28 June-11 July 1993. Sick of suffrage, no. 4. Suffrage touchy feely frolics substitute faded roses for jobs, housing, health. Women's Action Group; Feminist Flower Arrangers; Hayfever Sufferers' Support Group [1993]. Ban suffRAGE, no. 3. Shipley slaps chastity belt on suffrage celebrations. Womens Action Group; Bimbos who burnt bras; Amish Quilters who missed out (AQMO) [1993]. Quantity: 1 folder(s) containing 15 posters. Physical Description: Offset and screenprints, sizes varying around 420 x 297 mm. Provenance: Donors include: Women's Suffrage Centennial Trust 1994, and G Marie 1999.

Date: 1991-1994

From: Dell, Miriam Patricia (Dame), 1924-2022: Collection

Reference: 96-192-14

Description: General correspondence, publications and newsletters, correspondence with Minister of Women's Affairs 1991-1994; Suffrage Day service at Christchurch Cathedral 1993; press clippings; The Women's Fund; final report and archives listing Quantity: 1 box(es).

Date: [1993-1994]

From: Simpson, Mīria, 1922-2002: Collection

Reference: 2002-379-050

Description: File relating to work Simpson was doing at the National Library of New Zealand; includes clippings, speeches, notes etc relating to her various projects, personal financial papers, job applications and other papers Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1977 - 1993

From: [Posters collected by Mrs Rona Bailey. 1970-1990s]

Reference: Eph-D-BAILEY-Women

Description: Includes: Celebrating a decade of the National collective of Women's Refuge. [1991] Ta Keita i Mahi Ai; What Katy did. Te Wahine, te Mahi 1880-1940: Women and work 1880-1940. 1993 Trade Union History Project; Centennial of Women's Suffrage 1893-1993. Photographic exhibition, funded by the 1993 Suffrage Year Centennial trust, Whakatu Wahine. 1993. (2 copies) Ta Keita i Mahi Ai; What Katy did. Te Wahine, te Mahi 1880-1940: Women and work 1880-1940. 1993 Trade Union History Project; Centennial of Women's Suffrage 1893-1993. Photographic exhibition, Wellington Public Library, 19 August - 26 September [1993] Abortion Rights Committee. Abortion; a woman's democratic right. Protest meeting, Wgton High School Hall, Monday July 10. March, assemble Bunny Street, Friday July 14 [1978] (2 copies) New Zealand University Students' Association. New Zealanders, who'll be next? It's time to stand up an fight. Oppose Govt attacks on women. [1977] New Zealand University Students' Associaiton. Oppose the Royal Commission. 1893-1977: the struggle continues! [1977] (Larger version and smaller version - smaller version has text on verso) Working Women's Alliance. Fight government attacks on women! Fight for the right to legal abortion. [1978] (2 copies) Quantity: 10 colour photo-mechanical print(s) posters. Physical Description: Photolithographs, sizes varying Provenance: From the papers of Mrs Rona Bailey, 2006.

Date: 5 March 1993

From: Darroch, Bob, 1940- :Cartoons entered in the 1993 Qantas Media Awards

Reference: A-299-029

Description: Shows two women in a race pushing prams up a hill. There is a group of men from the news filming the race from the comfort of their four-wheel drive. Behind them is a large banner with "Summits for Suffrage. Hill climb to celebrate Women's Suffrage centennial year." Refers to the Women's Suffrage centennial year and questions what has really changed for women. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies.

From: Dell, Miriam Patricia (Dame), 1924-2022: Collection

Reference: 96-192-13

Description: Press clippings and speeches. Minutes and speech notes relating to the 1993 Suffrage Centennial Year Trust Whakatu Wahine 1991-1994. Quantity: 1 box(es).