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Dawson, Bee, 1954-

The New Zealand woman : 80 glorious years of fashion, food and friendship from the pages of the New Zealand Woman's Weekly / Bee Dawson. - [Auckland?, N.Z.] : Whitcoulls, 2012. - 256 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.

Changing feast: kitchens and cooking -- Those eternal chores: 80 years of housework -- Family matters: the husband and the babies -- What should I do?: etiquette and agony aunts -- Pills, potions and pilates: a question of health -- Quest for perfection: beautiful bodies -- Glad rags and glamour: fabulous fashion -- Nesting: turning houses into homes -- Celebrity: the private lives of public people -- God save the Queen!: royalty rules -- Putting one's feet up: a little leisure -- Final word.


"This book is a charming celebration of a magazine that has not only enriched New Zealand women's lives, but has also recorded how their aspirations and lifestyles have changed over the past 80 years."-- Back cover.


ISBN: 9781877327513 (pbk.) : $29.99

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
New Zealand woman's weekly--History.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women--Social life and customs--New Zealand--20th century.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
New Zealand--Social life and customs--20th century.

Dewey Class. No.: 993.03