Copies of cartoons published in Broadsheet between 1973 and 1979.

Date
1990 - 1997
By
Broadsheet (Auckland, N.Z.); Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Nisbet, Alastair, 1958-; Kerr, Robert Edward, 1951-; Alston, Sharon Kathleen, 1948-1995; Lowry, Vanya, 1943-; Preston, Gaylene Mary, 1947-; Courtney, Helen Kathleen, 1952-2020; McLeod, Rosemary Margaret, 1949-
Reference
H-707-001/034
Description

Variety of cartoons commenting on the political and social issues of the time from a feminist perspective.

Sexual harassment in the work place; a time-line across history of the political, religious and sexual treatment of women; man gets blown-up into a balloon; running the home like a business; women are the stronger sex?; woman fights an armoured knight on a horse; Michelangelo sculpts a naked man with an exaggerated penis; Women's Liberation; persecution against homosexuals likened to that perpetrated by the Nazi regime and the medieval church; Lesbian Nation; media interviewer, Brian Edwards leads a TV programme on the Women's Movement; Muldoon drinks a glass of wine bottled to commemorate Women's Suffrage Day, Sept. 19; while the men discuss world revolution, a woman pour them tea; the double violation of rape victims by their attacker and then by the justice system; the female anatomy exposed to a room full of male doctors; church women protest against feminism challenging the family and traditional roles of women; justice for some, but not for women; the feminist backlash; pay equity; perhaps god is a man after all - three wishes; May I have my rights, please? apologetic feminism; justice not weighted equally for all; issues around sexual reproduction and the Royal Commission Report; women unite to resist the intrusion of the SIS (Special Intelligence Service); Muldoon's legacy to New Zealand women; sex roles reversed in the shearing shed; abortions; National Party tramples on New Zealand women; position of women in Iran; genital mutilation; the 1979 budget - what's in it for women; SPUC anti-abortion rally likened to a Ku Klux Klan rally with hoods and burning torches; the marriage trap; psychology and the oppression of women.

Quantity: 34 photocopy/ies.

Physical Description: Photocopies in various sizes

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Format
34 photocopy/ies, Works of art, Ink drawings, Cartoons (Commentary), Caricatures, Photocopies in various sizes
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Courtney, Helen, 1952- :Rally - Bring a Torch. SPUC. Broadsheet, issue #73; October 1979.

Date: 1979

From: Copies of cartoons published in Broadsheet between 1973 and 1979.

By: Courtney, Helen Kathleen, 1952-2020

Reference: H-707-031

Description: Shows a SPUC (Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child) member dressed like a Ku Klux Klan member and carrying flaming torch. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopy

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Kent, Nancy, fl 1970s:[Little People] Broadsheet, issue #64; November 1978.

Date: 1978

From: Copies of cartoons published in Broadsheet between 1973 and 1979.

By: Kent, Nancy, active 1970s

Reference: H-707-026

Description: Shows a woman with her stomach torn open and endless babies pouring out from it. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopy

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Nesbitt, Jo, fl 1970s:May I have my rights, please? (when you're ready, that is!) (if y...

Date: 1977

From: Copies of cartoons published in Broadsheet between 1973 and 1979.

By: Nesbitt, Jo, active 1970s

Reference: H-707-020

Description: Shows a woman with an apologetic banner of what were demands, but her demands have been downgraded to polite requests. Cartoon by American cartoonist, reproduced in Broadsheet. Extended Title - We shall (crossed out) might overcome. The six demands (crossed out) requests. Try and fight racialism. Sisterhood is possible. Gay is alright really. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopy

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Bulbul :[Medical Examination] Broadsheet, issue #48; April 1977.

Date: 1977

From: Copies of cartoons published in Broadsheet between 1973 and 1979.

Reference: H-707-014

Description: Shows a woman lying on a hospital trolley with her legs wide open being examined by nearly 3 dozen male doctors, all dressed in medical gowns and wearing face masks. Cartoon by American cartoonist reproduced in Broadsheet. Cartoonist signs herself - bulbul. Check front of this issue to track down more details on cartoonist's name. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopy

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[Cartoonist unknown]:'DAD! ALICE WON"T LET ME BE A LESBIAN!' Broadsheet, issue #195; Su...

Date: 1992 - 1993

From: Copies of cartoons published in Broadsheet between 1973 and 1979.

By: Broadsheet (Auckland, N.Z.)

Reference: H-707-012

Description: Shows a young boy complaining loudly to his father that his sister won't let him be a lesbian. His sister, Alice, looks very smug that she has something that her brother can't have. Cartoonist has signed with - CJ. Need to do more tracking in the front or rear of this issue to get more detail. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies.

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Alston, Sharon, 1948-1995 :Lesbianation. Broadsheet, September 1975, # 32, pages 14-15.

Date: 1975

From: Copies of cartoons published in Broadsheet between 1973 and 1979.

By: Alston, Sharon Kathleen, 1948-1995; Broadsheet (Auckland, N.Z.)

Reference: H-707-009

Description: Lesbian women are being subjected to a range of reactions from other women at a cocktail party. Exhibited in 'Harpies & Heroines: A cartoon history of the changing roles of women in New Zealand' Exhibition curated by Rachel Macfarlane and Cerridwyn Young of the New Zealand Cartoon Archive and exhibited at the National Library Gallery, 11 July - 26 October 2003. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopy of page.

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Alston, Sharon, 1948-1995 :Great pair of knockers there, mate!!... Broadsheet, October ...

Date: 1973

From: Copies of cartoons published in Broadsheet between 1973 and 1979.

By: Alston, Sharon Kathleen, 1948-1995; Broadsheet (Auckland, N.Z.)

Reference: H-707-001

Description: Strip cartoon of a woman being sexually harassed who turns out to be the manager to the discomfort of the two males. Exhibited in 'Harpies & Heroines: A cartoon history of the changing roles of women in New Zealand' Exhibition curated by Rachel Macfarlane and Cerridwyn Young of the New Zealand Cartoon Archive and exhibited at the National Library Gallery, 11 July - 26 October 2003. Published in 'Harpies & Heroines' book published by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive in 2003. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopy of page.

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Alston, Sharon, 1948-1995:[Rape] Broadsheet, issue #45; December 1976.

Date: 1976

From: Copies of cartoons published in Broadsheet between 1973 and 1979.

By: Alston, Sharon Kathleen, 1948-1995

Reference: H-707-013

Description: Shows a naked woman cowering while trying to protect herself from a knife-welding rapist on the right, and the attacker's defence lawyer on the left. Exhibited in 'Harpies & Heroines: A cartoon history of the changing roles of women in New Zealand' Exhibition curated by Rachel Macfarlane and Cerridwyn Young of the New Zealand Cartoon Archive and exhibited at the National Library Gallery, 11 July - 26 October 2003. Published in 'Harpies & Heroines' book published by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive in 2003. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopy

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