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Women and fitness: 1930s advertisement

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Women and fitness: 1930s advertisement

In 1939 Leah Taylor, owner of a women's fitness business in Auckland, advertised a course of treatment including exercises to promote weight loss and health, along with a range of relaxation, beauty and nutrition services. Many modern women's gyms take a similar approach.

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Reference: Auckland Star, 11 March 1939, p. 16

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David Green, Gyms – Twentieth-century developments, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/ephemera/41029/women-and-fitness-1930s-advertisement (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by David Green, published 7 March 2013.