The Hidden Women Project

The Hidden Women Project focuses on naming women found in various records and books where they are identified through their husband, father or children, but not named. 

 The initial focus is on The Cyclopedia of New Zealand, published from 1897-1908.

Volume 1: Wellington (1897)
Volume 2: Auckland (1902)
Volume 3: Canterbury (1903)
Volume 4: Otago & Southland (1905)
Volume 5: Nelson, Marlborough & Westland (1906)
Volume 6: Taranaki, Hawke's Bay & Wellington 1908)

The Cyclopedia is available in libraries around New Zealand. A browsable version is available on the Ancestry website. A transcript is available on the New Zealand Electronic Text Collection.

Here are the women that we have identified so far - wives, daughters and mother-in-law's:

Further information and biographies are available for these women (and we hope to have them uploaded soon).

If you are interested in The Hidden Women Workshop, this is available as a one hour presentation with a two hour hands-on workshop (access to computers and internet is required). 

If you would like further information on these women or on the workshop, please contact me.

Thanks to the women and men who helped name these women and especially Jenny Lowe for her continued support and research for this project.