Two English Salvation Army officers landed at Port Chalmers to set up a New Zealand branch of the Christian evangelical movement.
Salvation Army
Events In History
Women Together
Welfare
'Doing good' to others provided a relatively acceptable pretext for women to associate together, as an extension into society of their supposedly natural caring and nurturing capacities. Read the full Women Together Theme
Salvation Army Women’s Ministries
The Salvation Army Home League (SAHL) was the brain child of Florence Booth, daughter-in-law of the Army's founder, who perceived a need for practical and religious instruction for women of the 'lower classes'. Read the full Women Together Essay
Main image: Pitfalls of the city cartoon
Many New Zealanders, including first-wave feminists, believed that the country's cities were full of menace, immorality and dangerous pursuits, such as gambling.
