We use cookies to help us understand how you use our site, and make your experience better. To find out more read our privacy policy.
Play

00:00

/

00:00

Full screen
Video quality

Low 0 MB

High 0 MB

HD 0 MB

Captions
Volume
Volume
Hero image for Great War Stories 2 - Ettie Rout

Great War Stories 2 - Ettie Rout

Television (Full Length Episode) – 2015

Narrated by Hilary Barry and screening on 3 News, this series of short documentaries profiles New Zealanders involved in World War I. This episode looks at sexual health campaigner Ettie Rout, who was determined to tackle the high venereal disease rate amongst Kiwi soldiers. Her biographer Jane Tolerton tells of Rout advocating for prophylactic kits, and setting up a safe sex brothel in France. Rout attracted controversy and censorship, and was scorned by the establishment as immoral. But soldiers and doctors thanked her as the "guardian angel of the ANZACs". 

I think New Zealand soldiers were absolutely amazed to find someone who was prepared to look after them, to the extent of, you might say, losing her reputation. Because by advocating safer sex, she was really writing herself out of acceptability in New Zealand.
– Ettie Rout's biographer Jane Tolerton

Key Cast & Crew

Profile image for Dave Armstrong

Dave Armstrong

Writer

Profile image for Hilary Barry

Hilary Barry

Narrator, Presenter

Profile image for Anna Cottrell

Anna Cottrell

Director, Writer, Producer

Generic Profile image for Kay Seatter-Dunbar

Kay Seatter-Dunbar

Research

Generic Profile image for David Filer

David Filer

Research

Generic Profile image for Rosemary Fullerton-Smith

Rosemary Fullerton-Smith

Co-Producer

See all 17 credits

Produced by

Logo for AC Productions

AC Productions