List of New Zealand suffragists explained
This is a List of New Zealand suffragists who were born in New Zealand or whose lives and works are closely associated with that country.
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- Jessie Mackay (1864–1938) of Christchurch, poet and activist for women's suffrage in the Canterbury region, then working as a journalist and with the National Council of Women of New Zealand to further the cause of women's rights.
- Meri Mangakāhia (1868–1920) of Panguru, campaigner for Māori women's suffrage in the Kotahitanga Parliament, writer
- Isabella May (1850-1926) of Christchurch, leader in Women's Christian Temperance Union New Zealand and co-founder of the Canterbury Women's Institute, advocate for dress reform, wholefoods reform and cycling
- Harriet Russell Morison (1862–1925) of Dunedin trade unionist, co-founded the Dunedin Women's Franchise League
- Mary Ann Wilson Griffiths Müller (1819/1820?–1901) aka "Fémmina" of Nelson, pamphleteer, writer
- Sarah "Hera" Mary Catherine Stirling Munro aka Hera Manaro of Rotorua, national organiser for Māori women in WCTU NZ, founder of several local clubs and founding president of Māori District Union elected at WCTU NZ convention in 1911 at Pakipaki
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- Annie Jane Allen Schnackenberg (1835–1905) of Auckland, founding education superintendent of Auckland chapter of Women's Christian Temperance Union of New Zealand (WCTU NZ) 1885; President Auckland WCTU NZ 1889–1897; National President WCTU NZ 1892–1900
- Catherine "Kate" Wilson Malcolm Sheppard Lovell-Smith (1848–1934) of Christchurch, national Franchise Superintendent for the WCTU NZ, founding editor of the WCTU NZ White Ribbon, founding president of National Council of Women of New Zealand (NCWNZ); featured on the New Zealand ten-dollar note
- Margaret Home Richardson Sievwright (1844–1905) of Gisborne, president of local WCTU NZ chapter, NCWNZ President 1901–1904
- Eleanor Phoebe McLeod Smith (1828-1913) of Christchurch, founding member of Christchurch WCTU, Canterbury Women's Institute, and National Council of Women of New Zealand, signed the 1893 petition along with her two daughters, Eleanor S. Smith and Lucy Masey Smith who lived with her.
- Sarah "Hera" Mary Catherine Stirling Munro of Rotorua, national organiser for Māori women in WCTU NZ, founder of several local clubs and programme coordinator for first Māori WCTU NZ convention in 1911 at Pakipaki
- Anna Paterson Logan Stout (1858–1931) of Dunedin, founding member of Dunedin WCTU NZ 1885, 1892 President of the Dunedin Women's Franchise League; 1896 Vice President for the NCWNZ
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References
- Book: Macdonald . Charlotte . Penfold . Merimeri . Williams . Bridget . The Book of New Zealand Women . 1991 . Bridget Williams Books Ltd. . Wellington.
- PhD . Ward . Elizabeth . 2019 . 'For Light and Liberty' The Origins and Early Development of the Reform Party, 1887-1915 . Massey University . 22 July 2021.
- Book: Brookes . Barbara . A History of New Zealand Women . 2016 . Bridget Williams Books Ltd. . Wellington.
- Book: Coleman . Jenny . From Suffrage to a Seat in the House: The Path to Parliament for New Zealand Women . 2020 . Otago University Press . Dunedin, NZ.
- Web site: Dalziel . Raewyn . New Zealand Women's Christian Temperance Union 1885 – (first written in 1993, updated in 2018) . New Zealand History . New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage . 28 March 2021.
- Book: Dougherty . Ian . Without Compromise: A Brief History of the New Zealand Women's Christian Temperance Union . 2013 . WCTU NZ . Nelson, NZ.
- Book: Keating . James . Distant Sisters: Australasian women and the international struggle for the vote, 1880–1914 . 2020 . Manchester University Press . Manchester, U.K..
- Book: Else . Anne . Women Together: A History of Women's Organisations in New Zealand . 1993 . Daphne Brasell Assoc. Press . Wellington.
- Book: Wood . Jeanne . A Challenge not a Truce: A History of the New Zealand Women's Christian Temperance Union, 1885–1985. Nelson, NZ . The Union . 1986.