Story: Women’s networks and clubs

League of Mothers display

The League of Mothers and the Society for the Protection of Home and Family jointly organised this display in Christchurch for Christian Family Year, 1962–63. The happy family circle, with the mother at its centre, was an ideal that both organisations strove to uphold. The League of Mothers promoted it by providing opportunities for mothers to meet and discuss home-making and child-rearing.

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Mother's Union Collection

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How to cite this page

Nancy Swarbrick, Women’s networks and clubs – Family-focused organisations, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/31003/league-of-mothers-display (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 7 April 2011.

Comments

Joy Hodgson
04 March 2013

I have a League of Mothers coat pin, as on the wall in the above picture, that I have had for many years and I would like to return it to the right place. I live in Rangiora North Canterbury New Zealand. Please advise.