NUMBERS OF WOMEN EMPLOYED IN VARIOUS PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS 1926–1936–1945
Occupation |
Number of Females |
|
1926 |
1936 |
1945 |
Public Service: |
|
|
|
Administrative Office of Public Service |
|
4 |
15 |
Professional or Clerical Officer of Public Service |
48 |
75 |
217 |
Public Administration |
|
|
|
Member of Parliament |
— |
— |
2 |
Town Clerk/County Clerk |
9 |
12 |
27 |
Professions |
|
|
|
Lawyer |
4 |
7 |
19 |
Dentist |
48 |
14 |
16 |
Doctor |
72 |
83 |
137 |
Architect/Naval Architect |
8 |
4 |
8 |
Draughting |
|
|
|
Draughting/Plan Tracing |
48 |
34 |
143 |
Science |
|
|
|
Botanist/Naturalist/Mycologist/Agrostologist |
4 |
6 |
19 |
Analytical Chemist |
7 |
11 |
29 |
Laboratory Assistants |
— |
17 |
193 |
Education |
|
|
|
University Professor/Lecturer/Demonstrator |
20 |
30 |
69 |
Teachers |
6500 |
6400 |
6900 |
Governesses |
190 |
211 |
60 |
Music Teachers |
1474 |
1141 |
550 |
Welfare |
|
|
|
Welfare worker/Organiser |
70 |
91 |
154 |
Libraries |
|
|
|
Librarian |
102 |
189 |
406 |
Library Assistant |
47 |
112 |
356 |
Writing |
|
|
|
Author/Novelist/Poet |
7 |
17 |
6 |
Journalist |
48 |
83 |
39 |
Reporter |
3 |
19 |
28 |
Art |
|
|
|
Artists, Art Students (Not student in 1945) |
87 |
135 |
40 |
Commercial Artists |
40 |
112 |
176 |
Professional Accountancy |
|
|
|
Public Accountants/Auditor/Auditor Inspector |
34 |
13 |
49 |
Accountants/Cost Accountants |
273 |
235 |
421
|
Police |
|
|
|
Police Women |
— |
— |
30 |
Health |
|
|
|
Dispenser |
4 |
— |
80 |
Masseuse |
155 |
172 |
205 |
Nurse (Hospital/Private/Maternity/Plunket) |
5137 |
4980 |
7248 |
Nurse — Mental Hospital |
14 |
299 |
418 |
Nurse — Probationer |
702 |
2473 |
3282 |
Nurse — Hospital |
222 |
152 |
298 |
Dental Nurses |
— |
643 |
1023 |
Cit. D. Fletcher. 'Women in the New Zealand Labour Force', Table XXV, pp. 76–77.