Petticoat Pioneers. Book Three by Barbara Harper.

Hardcover inscription inside, edges bumped, with Dust Jacket four inch tear and scuffed chiped edges otherwise clean and bright, First Edition 1980, black and White Photographs, illustrations, 248 Pages, Published By Reed Wellington. ISBN: 0589013106

'The South Island provides a wealth of opportunities for new immigrants in the 1900s- if they were enterprising. The forty women portrayed here, who settled from Nelson to Bluff, certainly possessed this quality in abundance; without it they surely would never have survived. Shipwrecked with all their possessions while entering harbour, sleeping overnight in the bush, giving birth on a rough table made from packing cases inside a hastily-erected manuka hut- these were only some of the experiences our female ancestors had to deal with. With information gleaned from diaries, letters and descendants, Mrs Harper brings to life the stories of the wives, daughters and widows of the men who colonised this country. In most historical accounts there are few references to the women who fought with courage and determination to raise their families and maintain a home in strange and often hostile surroundings. In this book they are brought to the fore. Also included are those whose lives were not so harsh: each, in her own way, contributed to the shaping of country and city life as we know it today. This is an inspiring book for women in all walks of life, and for those men who accord them theur rightful place in the building of our nation'

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