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Biography: Davies, Sonja Margaret Loveday

Sonja Davies, 1971

Sonja Davies, 1971

In 1971, when this photograph was taken, Sonja Davies promoted the idea of a wage for women looking after children at home. This sparked a hostile reaction, and she was accused by many of trying to destroy family life.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1971/2384/21-F

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Anne Else. 'Davies, Sonja Margaret Loveday', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2010. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/23233/sonja-davies-1971 (accessed 24 June 2026).