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Markoff, John. "Margins, Centers, and Democracy: The Paradigmatic History of Women's Suffrage," Signs: Journal of Women in Culture & Society (2003) 29#1 pp 85–116. compares NZ with Cook Islands & Finland in JSTOR; Nellie Martel (1907). "Women's Votes in New Zealand and Australia". The Case for Women's Suffrage: 140– 153. Wikidata Q107261467.
They were very successful in their pleas, causing the India Office to be inundated with resolutions of support for women's suffrage in India. [29] Tata and her daughter participated in a second presentation before the Joint Select Committee on 13 October [12] and were present for the final reading of the Government of India Act in December 1919 ...
The group of women are depicted carrying their petition for women's suffrage to Parliament in a wooden cart. [3] The entire memorial with bas-relief and side panels. The memorial was unveiled on 19 September 1993, the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage in New Zealand, by Dame Catherine Tizard, the Governor-General of New Zealand.
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 ...
She wrote extensively for women’s political journals and was an active member in various women's organisations. She was the leader of the Gisborne branch of the Women's Christian Temperance Union New Zealand , which was active in advocacy on women’s issues generally and was a major force in the women’s suffrage movement.
The first sheet of the 1893 Women's Suffrage Petition. Archives Reference LE1 1893/7a The 1893 women's suffrage petition was the third of three petitions to the New Zealand Government in support of women's suffrage and resulted in the Electoral Act 1893, which gave women the right to vote in the 1893 general election. The 1893 petition was substantially larger than the 1891 petition, which had ...
The campaign for women's suffrage started in 1923, when the women's umbrella organization Tokyo Rengo Fujinkai was founded and created several sub groups to address different women's issues, one of whom, Fusen Kakutoku Domei (FKD), was to work for the introduction of women's suffrage and political rights. [152]