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Haurongo: Chapman, Sylvia Gytha de Lancey

Sylvia Gytha de Lancey Chapman

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Sylvia Gytha de Lancey Chapman

Sylvia Gytha de Lancey Chapman (left) with an unidentified woman, 1 May 1940. Although she achieved national prominence as a medical reformer, president of the YWCA, and founder of CORSO in New Zealand, Dr Sylvia Chapman was shy and quiet, with strong spiritual beliefs.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: 1/2-C-002117-F

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.

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Esther Irving. 'Chapman, Sylvia Gytha de Lancey', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1998. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/344/sylvia-gytha-de-lancey-chapman (accessed 24 June 2026).