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Linda Rebekah Lodge

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Linda Rebekah Lodge

Officers of the Linda Rebekah Lodge in Roslyn, Dunedin, pose for a photograph wearing their regalia about 1895. The sole man in the back row is probably an official of the affiliated men's Oddfellows lodge. Women-only lodges gave their members monetary benefits in case of sickness or injury, a form of support that was very attractive to working women.

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Hocken Collections, University of Otago

Reference: S11-042d

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Nancy Swarbrick, Women’s networks and clubs – Women’s service organisations, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/31016/linda-rebekah-lodge (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 7 April 2011.