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Elizabeth Yates
Seated portrait of Mrs Elizabeth Yates, c.1894. In 1893 Yates was elected mayor of Onehunga, the first woman in the British Empire to hold this position.
Elizabeth Yates
Elizabeth Yates was elected mayor of Onehunga on 29 November 1893, becoming the first woman in the British Empire to hold the office.
Onehunga war memorial
Onehunga war memorial.
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