Kōrero: Davies, Sonja Margaret Loveday

Sonja Davies, 1985

In 1985 Sonja Davies was a vice-president of the Federation of Labour. She was the first woman to be elected to this position – a personal triumph, given her many years of advocating equal rights for women. Listen to her discuss her views on the value of women’s work in the home in 1990.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PAColl-7327)
Reference: EP/1985/2026/6-F
Photograph by Ian Mackley

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.

Sound file from Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, Radio New Zealand Collection. Any re-use of this audio is a breach of copyright. To request a copy of the recording, contact Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision (Morning Report. 1990-09-19. Women’s suffrage, 97th anniversary of the vote/Reference number MR900919).

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Anne Else. 'Davies, Sonja Margaret Loveday', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2010. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/6d1/davies-sonja-margaret-loveday (accessed 1 May 2024)