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In the 1870s, Mary Ann Colclough (Polly Plum) was an active advocate for women's rights in general and women's suffrage. [13] John Larkins Cheese Richardson was a keen proponent of women's equality, he was responsible for allowing women to enroll at the University of Otago in 1871, and helped to remove other barriers to their entry. [14]
Women in New Zealand are women who live in or are from New Zealand. Notably New Zealand was the first self-governing country in the world where women were entitled to vote. In recent times New Zealand has had many women in top leadership and government roles, including three female Prime Ministers, most recently Jacinda Ardern.
In 1893, New Zealand was the first self-governing country to grant women the right to vote. This meant that, theoretically, New Zealand had universal suffrage from 1893, meaning all adults 21 years of age and older were allowed to vote (in 1969 the voting age was lowered from 21 to 20.
Gender equality in New Zealand; Goddess movement; Women's suffrage in New Zealand; Women's liberation movement in Oceania#New Zealand; Women in New Zealand; Anno Domini 2000, or, Woman's Destiny, an 1889 novel written by a former Prime Minister who foresaw a time when women would have the vote and hold positions of authority; Category:New ...
In 1887, Julius Vogel introduced the first women's suffrage bill to Parliament, but it was unsuccessful. Women's suffrage in New Zealand was eventually granted after about two decades of campaigning by women such as Kate Sheppard and Mary Ann Müller and organisations such as the New Zealand branch of the Women's Christian Temperance Union.
The Ministry for Women (Māori: Manatū Wāhine) is the public service department of New Zealand charged with advising the New Zealand Government on policies and issues affecting women. It was formerly called the Ministry for Women's Affairs ( MWA ), but it was announced that the name would be changed to Ministry for Women in December 2014. [ 3 ]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 7 January 2025. New Zealand suffragist (1848–1934) For other people with similar names, see Kate Shepherd and Katharine Shepard. Kate Sheppard Sheppard photographed in 1905 Born Catherine Wilson Malcolm (1848-03-10) 10 March 1848 Liverpool, England Died 13 July 1934 (1934-07-13) (aged 86) Christchurch ...
The National Council of Women of New Zealand (Māori: Te Kaunihera Wahine o Aotearoa) was established in 1896, three years after women in New Zealand won the right to the vote, as an umbrella organisation uniting a number of different women's societies that existed in New Zealand at that time.