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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 ]
A History of New Zealand Women. Wellington: Bridget Williams Books Ltd. Coleman, Jenny (2020). From Suffrage to a Seat in the House: The Path to Parliament for New Zealand Women. Dunedin, NZ: Otago University Press. Dalziel, Raewyn. "New Zealand Women's Christian Temperance Union 1885 – (first written in 1993, updated in 2018)". New Zealand ...
British Dominions Women's Suffrage Union – founded in New Zealand as an organisation for the suffrage groups of the British colonies. Among its members were New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and Canada, active from 1913 to 1922; International Alliance of Women – founded in 1904 to promote women's suffrage. [1]
Margaret Home Sievwright (née Richardson; 19 March 1844 – 9 March 1905) was a New Zealand feminist, political activist and community leader. She was particularly active in the temperance and suffrage movements, and became president of the National Council of Women of New Zealand .
The Kate Sheppard National Memorial, located in the city of Christchurch, is New Zealand's first memorial to the women's suffrage campaign, and particularly honours the life of one of the country's leading campaigners for women's suffrage, Kate Sheppard. [1] The idea for the memorial was raised in 1989 as part of plans to commemorate the 100th ...
In many nations, women's suffrage was granted before universal suffrage, in which cases women and men from certain socioeconomic classes or races were still unable to vote. Some countries granted suffrage to both sexes at the same time. This timeline lists years when women's suffrage was enacted.
The growth of women's suffrage in New Zealand largely resulted from the broad political movement led by Kate Sheppard, the country's most famous suffragette. Inside parliament, politicians such as John Hall, Robert Stout, Julius Vogel, William Fox, and John Ballance supported the movement.
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 ...