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Katherine Wilson Sheppard ( née Catherine Wilson Malcolm; 10 March 1848 – 13 July 1934) was the most prominent member of the women's suffrage movement in New Zealand and the country's most famous suffragist. Born in Liverpool, England, she emigrated to New Zealand with her family in 1868.
O projeto de lei foi resultado de anos de movimentos femininos liderados por Kate Sheppard. Tais movimentos surgiram no ano de 1880, adquirindo força em 1891 com um documento reunindo mais de 9 mil assinaturas, passando a quase 20 mil no ano seguinte e, por fim, em 1893, aproximando-se de 32 mil assinaturas (das quais apenas 21 eram homens).
26 de abr. de 2024 · Kate Sheppard, English-born activist, who was a leader in the woman suffrage movement in New Zealand. She was instrumental in making New Zealand the first country in the world to grant women the right to vote (1893). Learn more about Sheppard’s life and career.
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Sheppard foi a primeira presidente do Conselho Nacional de Mulheres da Nova Zelândia, fundado em 1896, e ajudou a reformar a organização em 1918. Mais tarde, ela viajou para a Grã-Bretanha e ajudou o movimento sufragista lá.
21 de abr. de 2022 · Born in Liverpool in 1847, Kate Malcolm migrated to Christchurch in her early twenties and in 1871 married merchant Walter Sheppard. In 1885 she joined the new Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), which advocated women’s suffrage as a means to fight for liquor prohibition.
REVIEWS. 227. A Biography. Kate Sheppard. The Fight for Women's Votes in New Zealand — The life of the woman who led the struggle. By Judith Devaliant. Penguin Books, Auckland, 1992. 242pp. NZ price: $39.95.
26 de mai. de 2000 · Story by Paul Stanley Ward. Student Resource: study ideas, questions and activities (pdf) The leader and main figurehead of the suffragist movement in New Zealand – the first country in the world to grant universal adult suffrage to men and women equally.
