The summit at last, suffrage cartoon

‘The Summit at Last’
In this engraving from the New Zealand Graphic, 21 July 1894, a woman holding a flag that reads ‘Perfect Political Equality’ is helped up to the ’Parliamentary Heights’ by a man. In the background a flag that reads ‘Women’s Franchise’ flies atop a mountain labelled ‘1893’ (the year New Zealand women gained the vote).

Alexander Turnbull Library,
Reference: PUBL-0126-1894-01
Further information and copies of this image may be obtained from the Library through its 'Timeframes' website, http://timeframes.natlib.govt.nz
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How to cite this page: 'The summit at last, suffrage cartoon', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/the-summit-at-last, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 20-Dec-2012

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Eleni Gibbs
25 May 2011
South Africa was the last country i the world to grant the women's suffrage in 1994

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