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Lonsdale, Neil 1907-1989 :What's new about that? News. Woman speaker in house for the first time. Dame Hilda Ross, highly respected Government member from Hamilton, presided over the House of Representatives for a short time yesterday afternoon. This is the first time that a woman has sat in the Speaker's Chair while the House is in session. 14 September 1956.
- Date
- 1956
- Reference
- A-309-106
- Description
Shows a man standing at the kitchen sink washing dishes. He is looking out the window at another man who is holding a newspaper up and showing him the headline which reads "Woman speaker in house for the first time". There is a woman in an adjoining room who is yelling and slamming her fist down on a table. Refers to Dame Hilda Ross being the first woman to sit in the Speaker's Chair while the House is in session.
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- Part of
- Lonsdale, Neil, 1907-1989 :200 original cartoons by Neil Lonsdale from 1955 to 1962.
- Format
- 1 original cartoon(s), Works of art, Cartoons (Commentary)
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Lonsdale, Neil 1907-1989 :What's new about that? News. Woman speaker in house for the first time. Dame Hilda Ross, highly respected Government member from Hamilton, presided over the House of Representatives for a short time yesterday afternoon. This is the first time that a woman has sat in the Speaker's Chair while the House is in session. 14 September 1956.. Lonsdale, Neil, 1907-1989 :200 original cartoons by Neil Lonsdale from 1955 to 1962.. Ref: A-309-106. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23011861More information can be found in our terms of use.