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Ada Wells
Photograph of Ada Wells from Woman Today, issue 1 June 1937. Original photograph taken in 1910.
Ada Wells is perhaps best remembered for her contribution to the women's suffrage campaign in the 1880s and 90s, and for becoming the first women elected to the Christchurch City Council in 1917.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand
Reference: 1/2-C-016534-F
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