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Kōrero: Gender inequalities

The working world

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The working world

For men, working life meant going out into the world. The men in this group standing outside the Otorohanga Times newspaper office in about 1900 did a variety of jobs. For a businessman, newspaper editor, printer or cart driver, getting out and about was just part of the job. Women were largely excluded from this male world.  

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: 1/2-012462-F

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Anne Else, Gender inequalities – Areas of discrimination, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/28666/the-working-world (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Anne Else, i tāngia i te 26 April 2011.