Women's Division Federated Farmers
Organisation Details
DescriptionFrom Rosemarie Smith's essay on women in rural New Zealand:
"In 1925, at a tea-party in Wellington for wives of delegates to a Farmers' Union (FU) meeting, sixteen women agreed on the need for their own organisation. They responded to an account given by Florence Poison, who had accompanied her husband on an FU recruiting drive in the North Island, of 'the restricted, bare, lonely lives of [farm] women working long hours with few household amenities and their need for contact with others'. The inaugural meeting of the Women's Division of the New Zealand Farmers' Union (WDFU) was held the following morning, 28 July 1925."
The full essay can be read by clicking on the ink below
WebsiteRural Women in New Zealand - a history
"In 1925, at a tea-party in Wellington for wives of delegates to a Farmers' Union (FU) meeting, sixteen women agreed on the need for their own organisation. They responded to an account given by Florence Poison, who had accompanied her husband on an FU recruiting drive in the North Island, of 'the restricted, bare, lonely lives of [farm] women working long hours with few household amenities and their need for contact with others'. The inaugural meeting of the Women's Division of the New Zealand Farmers' Union (WDFU) was held the following morning, 28 July 1925."
The full essay can be read by clicking on the ink below
WebsiteRural Women in New Zealand - a historyloading google map....
Women's Division Federated Farmers. Western Bay of Plenty Community Archives, accessed 24/07/2026, https://westernbay.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/2838
