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Otago Pioneer Women's Memorial Association
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About this GroupThe Otago Pioneer Women’s Memorial Association was set up in 1939 as a response to the Dunedin Councillors motion that women could not be part of the organising committee for New Zealand’s Centennial Celebrations in 1948. A meeting of indignation was arranged and the Town Hall in Dunedin was packed with both women and men who disagreed with this move. From this meeting, a committee of women was formed to do something about creating a legacy of women who had come to Otago.
These women fundraised locally at a time when women were not allowed to hire a hall independently and needed their husbands’ signature to do so. In October 1941, they purchased a building on Moray Place and formed the Otago Pioneer Women’s Memorial Association. Dr Emily Seiderberg-McKinnon (New Zealand’s first female medical doctor) was the founder.
The principal aims of the organisation are to provide a building which acts as a memorial to the Pioneer Women of Otago and also to provide a space for hireto be used in the interests of all women in town and country for social, educational, recreational and general community purposes. As the Committee owns the building outright, the rooms are let for a reasonable fee, to reflect the idea that no one should be refused room hire should they require it.
Date1941 - present External linkOPWMA Facebook Page
Date1941 - present External linkOPWMA Facebook Page
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PlaceDunedinPeopleDr Emily Seiderberg-McKinnonGeo Location[1] ManuscriptOtago Pioneer Women's Memorial (book)SubjectPioneer WomenNew Zealand CentenaryOtago
PeopleDr Emily Seiderberg-McKinnonGeo Location[1] ManuscriptOtago Pioneer Women's Memorial (book)SubjectPioneer WomenNew Zealand CentenaryOtago loading google map....
Dunedin Public Libraries (25th Jul 2017). Otago Pioneer Women's Memorial Association. In Website Dunedin Public Libraries. Retrieved 11th Sep 2024 02:50, from https://dunedin.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/201244