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Ladies' column, 1873

Ladies' column, 1873

Social gossip, fashion news, household hints and recipes typically made up the content of a newspaper's 'ladies' column'. This example is from the Nelson Examiner and New Zealand  Chronicle on 6 December 1873. Women writers provided the material for these columns, and many of them resented being restricted to such lightweight topics. By 2007 the majority of New Zealand journalists, and the editors of several of the country's leading newspapers, were women.

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National Library of New Zealand, Papers Past
Reference: Supplement to the Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, 6 December 1873, p.1

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Mark Derby, 'Newspapers - Growth and expansion, 1860–1900', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/document/43178/ladies-column-1873 (accessed 23 April 2024)

He kōrero nā Mark Derby, i tāngia i te 22 Oct 2014