Eighty-seven delegates attended the first day of the inaugural conference of the Māori Women’s Welfare League in Wellington. Dame Whina Cooper was appointed as president.
Maori Womens Welfare League
Events In History
Women Together
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From pre-European times to the present, Māori women's organising has been centred on the whānau and its well-being. Read the full Women Together Theme
Te Rōpū Wāhine Māori Toko i te Ora Māori Women's Welfare League
The Māori Women's Welfare League (MWWL) was established to draw together Māori women on a national basis, to address their own and their families' needs. Read the full Women Together Essay
Main image: Maori Women's Welfare League, 1953
Some of the delegates at the Maori Women's Welfare League conference in the Wellington Town Hall, April 1953