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viii, 368 pages : illustrations Contents: Introduction: Putting women back in the picture -- 1. But every colonial woman can at least cook: August to December 1914 -- 2. Independence, initiative and force of character: January to April 1915 -- 3. Tenakoe, pakeha: May to July 1915 -- 4. Typical New Zealand girls: August to December 1915 -- 5. You should have been a boy: January to April 1916 -- 6. A bit of a pal: May to December 1916 -- 7. Intelligent, capable woman. Very popular: January to December 1917 -- 8. Our [Amazons] have saved us: January to 10 November 1918 -- 9. As if she had just recovered consciousness: 11 November to December 1918 -- 10. Doing the best we could - and not for ourselves: 1919 and beyond Summary: New Zealand vaunts itself as first in the world to give women the vote but denies their active role in World War One. Doctors, dentists and ambulance drivers. Munitions workers and mathematicians. Members of the British women's services and managers of hospitals and convalescent homes. Many worked for free, and some paid for amenities whose provision is attributed to men's groups or the government. Echoing our national anthem, let's make their praises heard - after a century of suppression