Sandi Hall’s call for women to change the future opens with a quote from 20th Century novelist and journalist Martha Gellhorn.
“People often say with pride, ‘I’m not interested in politics’. They might as well say ‘I’m not interested in my standard of living, my health, my rights, my freedom, my future, or any future’.”
Sandi presented her collection of thoughts by women on the need for a political movement to champion women’s rights at the Women’s Rights Party Conference, 29 June 2024.
The publication includes a forward by Sandi, who co-founded a New Zealand Women’s political party in 1980, and contributions by Jill Ovens, co-founder of the current Women’s Rights Party, Natalie Grace and Marg Curnow, on why we need a women’s rights party. Jo Crowley and Dr Cathy Dunsford discuss the promise of women’s political engagement in the 1980s, and Professor Christine Davies highlights areas of women’s endeavours that could be highlighted by the Women’s Rights Party.