Intersectional Feminism in Dunedin: From Suffrage to Today - Exhibition and Publication

We've published a copy of our exhibition publication on Issuu! You can read the full publication below.

On the 18th of September 2018, curators Kari & Lydie Schmidt discussed the 'Intersectional Feminism in Dunedin' exhibition with Andrew Rudolph on Otago Access Radio's Dunedin Multi Ethnic Council on Air. You can listen to the full radio show here . 

The exhibition 'Intersectional Feminism in Dunedin' featured in Critic Magazine again at the end of September, 2018. To read more click here . 

Now retired, Dr Dorothy Page studied and taught History at the University of Otago throughout her teaching life. One of her particular interests has been women’s history in Britain and New Zealand, as well as local history. She is also a former President of the Settlers Association, the friends organisation for Toitū  Otago Settlers Museum. One of her research interests has been the story of suffrage in Dunedin, which in her words, “was much more lively and controversial than anywhere else.” Pre-Suffrage in Dunedin Before 1893, there were a number of developments in New Zealand that laid the ground for suffrage to take place. Among these was the New Zealand culture of drinking and domestic violence, which was exacerbated throughout the 1880s due to the Long Depression. This acted as a “motivation for women to want to change society… because a lot of people took refuge in alcohol and alcohol-fuelled violence was a terrible thing at that stage.” Additionally,