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  • New Zealand women and the vote
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Kate Sheppard, suffragist leader

Kate Sheppard, suffragist leader

Mary Ann Muller, suffragist

Mary Ann Muller, suffragist

Katherine Sheppard portrait

Katherine Sheppard portrait

Female MPs 1933-2002 (graph)

Female MPs 1933-2002 (graph)

Purification suffrage cartoon

Purification suffrage cartoon

Anna Stout, NCW leader

Anna Stout, NCW leader

New Zealand takes its medicine, suffrage cartoon

New Zealand takes its medicine, suffrage cartoon

The summit at last, suffrage cartoon

The summit at last, suffrage cartoon

Anna Stout

Anna Stout

Amey Daldy, suffragist

Amey Daldy, suffragist

Margaret Home Sievwright, suffragist

Margaret Home Sievwright, suffragist

First meeting of the NCWNZ

First meeting of the NCWNZ

Temperance cartoon

Temperance cartoon

Ethel Rebecca Benjamin

Ethel Rebecca Benjamin

Suffrage procession in London

Suffrage procession in London

Eliza Ellen Melville

Eliza Ellen Melville

Elizabeth McCombs

Elizabeth McCombs

Questions for Polly Plum

Questions for Polly Plum

'An appeal to the men of New Zealand'

'An appeal to the men of New Zealand'

'So that women may receive the vote'

'So that women may receive the vote'

Ten reasons why the women of New Zealand should vote

Ten reasons why the women of New Zealand should vote

Address to Women's Franchise League

Address to Women's Franchise League

Kate Edger

Kate Edger

Cartoon against women's suffrage

Cartoon against women's suffrage

Women voting in 1893

Women voting in 1893

Women voting in Auckland, 1899

Women voting in Auckland, 1899

Suffrage petition, 1893

Suffrage petition, 1893

Meri Te Tai Mangakahia

Meri Te Tai Mangakahia

Women's suffrage stamp

Women's suffrage stamp

Elizabeth Yates

Elizabeth Yates

Ada Wells

Ada Wells

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Sound clip: suffrage and prohibition - NZ women and the vote

Sound clip: suffrage and prohibition - NZ women and the vote

Sound: women voting for the first time

Sound: women voting for the first time

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