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Kōrero: Salvation Army

Woman Salvation Army officer

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Woman Salvation Army officer

Wearing the distinctive 'coal-scuttle' bonnet and maroon uniform of a Salvation Army female officer, a young woman gets ready to cycle off on her duties, probably in the early 1900s. Women soon gained leading positions with the New Zealand Salvation Army, which angered more established churches such as the Anglicans.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Frederick Nelson Jones Collection (PAColl-3051)

Reference: 1/2-026204-G

by Frederick Nelson Jones

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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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Mark Derby, Salvation Army – The Salvation Army’s early days, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/29349/woman-salvation-army-officer (accessed 5 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Mark Derby, i tāngia i te 23 March 2011.