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New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
or whose lives and works are closely associated with that country.


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* Georgina Shorland Abernethy (1859–1906), president of the
Gore Gore may refer to: Places Australia * Gore, Queensland * Gore Creek (New South Wales) * Gore Island (Queensland) Canada * Gore, Nova Scotia, a rural community * Gore, Quebec, a township municipality * Gore Bay, Ontario, a township on Manitouli ...
Women's Franchise League * Lily May Kirk Atkinson (1866–1921) of
Wellington Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by metr ...
, president of Women's Christian Temperance Union of New Zealand (WCTU NZ) 1901–1905 *
Ruth Atkinson Ruth Atkinson Ford, née Ruth Atkinson and a.k.a. R. Atkinson (June 2, 1918 – June 1, 1997), Includes obituary for Ruth Atkinson Ford, giving date of death date as June 1, 1997.Date of death given as May 31, 1997 at that the Lambiek Comiclop ...
(1861–1927), suffragist and temperance activist in
Nelson Nelson may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Nelson'' (1918 film), a historical film directed by Maurice Elvey * ''Nelson'' (1926 film), a historical film directed by Walter Summers * ''Nelson'' (opera), an opera by Lennox Berkeley to a lib ...


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* Ann Parkes Brame (1836–1906) of
Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about ...
, charter president in February 1885 of the Auckland chapter of the Women's Christian Temperance Union of New Zealand (WCTU NZ). * Eliza Annie Palmer Brown (1847–1923) of
Invercargill Invercargill ( , mi, Waihōpai is the southernmost and westernmost city in New Zealand, and one of the southernmost cities in the world. It is the commercial centre of the Southland region. The city lies in the heart of the wide expanse of t ...
, charter president in 1884 of New Zealand's first
Woman's Christian Temperance Union The Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) is an international temperance organization, originating among women in the United States Prohibition movement. It was among the first organizations of women devoted to social reform with a program th ...
club - it was not officially connected to any other organisation at that time. * Margaret Carson Bullock, also known as Tua-o-rangi, (1845–1903), co-founder of the Wanganui Women's Franchise League and later the Women's Political League; she also served as Vice-President of the WCTU NZ in 1900.


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* Dolce Ann Cabot Duncan (1862–1943) of
Christchurch Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon Rive ...
, the first woman to join the staff of a New Zealand newspaper, advocating women's suffrage in her articles in ''The Canterbury Times'' * Elizabeth Russell Caradus (1832–1912) of
Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about ...
, founding member of the Auckland branch of the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) and member of the Auckland branch of the Women's Christian Temperance Union of New Zealand (WCTU NZ) * Harriet Sophia Day Cobb (1855–1929) of Napier, businesswoman (photography
who signed the 1893 petition
* Mary Ann Barnes Colclough aka "Polly Plum" (1836–1885) of
Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about ...
, teacher, writer and orator * Fanny Buttery Cole (1860–1913) of
Christchurch Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon Rive ...
, president of WCTU NZ 1906–1913, anti-war activist


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* Amey Hamerton Daldy (1829–1920) of
Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about ...
, member of Auckland Women's Christian Temperance Union of New Zealand (WCTU NZ) and then president of local Women's Franchise League, philanthropist *
Learmonth White Dalrymple Learmonth White Dalrymple (c.1827–26 August 1906) was a New Zealand educationalist who campaigned for girls' secondary education in Dunedin and for women to be admitted to the University of Otago. This was the first Australasian university to ...
(c.1827–1906) of Levin and
Dunedin Dunedin ( ; mi, Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from , the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Th ...
, active in the women's suffrage movement while living in Feilding where she signed the 1893 suffrage petition; organizing president of the Levin WCTU NZ; served as WCTU NZ Superintendent of the Bible in Schools as well as WCTU NZ Superintendent of Peace and Arbitration *
Rachel Hull Don Rachel Don ( Hull; 23 July 1866 – 4 September 1941) was an accredited Methodist local preacher who became a local and national leader in the Women's Christian Temperance Union New Zealand (WCTU NZ), serving as president from 1914 to 1926. Unde ...
(1866–1941) of
Dunedin Dunedin ( ; mi, Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from , the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Th ...
, president of WCTU NZ 1914–1926


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* Kate Milligan Edger Evans (1857–1935) of
Wellington Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by metr ...
, member of local chapter of the
Women's Christian Temperance Union New Zealand Women's Christian Temperance Union of New Zealand (WCTU NZ) is a non-partisan, non-denominational, and non-profit organization that is the oldest continuously active national organisation of women in New Zealand. The national organization began ...
(WCTU NZ) and held many national offices, including White Ribbon associate editor for 11 years


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* Catherine Henrietta Elliot Valpy Fulton of
Dunedin Dunedin ( ; mi, Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from , the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Th ...
, founding member of local chapter of Women's Christian Temperance Union of New Zealand (WCTU NZ) in 1885, national president of WCTU NZ 1889–1892


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* Edith Howitt Searle Grossmann (1863–1931) of
Christchurch Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon Rive ...
, in 1892 she co-founded the Canterbury Women's Institute which worked to organise suffrage advocacy work (similar to Women's Franchise Leagues)


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* Matehaere Arapata Tiria "Ripeka" Brown Halbert of Manutuke, elected Vice President of Māori District Union of WCTU NZ in 1911 at convention held in
Pakipaki Pakipaki is a pā kāinga ''village'' and rural community in the Hastings District and Hawke's Bay Region of New Zealand's North Island. The village is home to many Ngāti Whatuiāpiti hapū ''tribes'' represented by their three marae of Houngar ...
* Marion Hanover Hatton (1835–1905) of
Dunedin Dunedin ( ; mi, Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from , the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Th ...
, president of the Dunedin Franchise League in 1892-93. * Christina Kirk Henderson (1861–1953) of
Christchurch Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon Rive ...
, member (and later president) of the Christchurch WCTU and worked for women's suffrage with the Canterbury Liberal Association


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* Cybele Ethel Kirk (1870–1957) of
Wellington Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by metr ...
, president of the local chapter of Women's Christian Temperance Union of New Zealand (WCTU NZ), president of
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1934–1937, president of WCTU NZ 1946–1949 * Sarah Jane Mattocks Kirk (1829–1916) of
Wellington Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by metr ...
, president of the local chapter of WCTU NZ


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* Catherine "Kate" Wilson Malcolm Sheppard Lovell-Smith (1848–1934) of Christchurch, New Zealand - ''see also
Kate Sheppard Katherine Wilson Sheppard ( 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 emi ...
below'' * Lucy M. Lovell-Smith (1861-1936) of
Christchurch Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon Rive ...
, editor and business manager of WCTU NZ's ''White Ribbon''


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*
Jessie Mackay Jessie Mackay (15 December 1864 – 23 August 1938) was a New Zealand poet, journalist, feminist and animal rights activist.Amey, Catherine. (2014). ''The Compassionate Contrarians: A History of Vegetarians in Aotearoa New Zealand''. Rebel Pr ...
(1864–1938) of
Christchurch Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon Rive ...
, 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 , logo = National Council of Women of New Zealand logo.png , logo_size = 100px , logo_alt = , logo_caption = , image = , image_size = , alt = , capt ...
to further the cause of women's rights. * Meri Mangakāhia (1868–1920) of Panguru, campaigner for
Māori Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture * Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the C ...
women's suffrage in the Kotahitanga Parliament, writer * Harriet Russell Morison (1862–1925) of
Dunedin Dunedin ( ; mi, Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from , the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Th ...
trade unionist, co-founded the Dunedin Women's Franchise League * Mary Ann Wilson Griffiths Müller (1819/1820?–1901) aka "Fémmina" of
Nelson Nelson may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Nelson'' (1918 film), a historical film directed by Maurice Elvey * ''Nelson'' (1926 film), a historical film directed by Walter Summers * ''Nelson'' (opera), an opera by Lennox Berkeley to a lib ...
, 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 Pakipaki is a pā kāinga ''village'' and rural community in the Hastings District and Hawke's Bay Region of New Zealand's North Island. The village is home to many Ngāti Whatuiāpiti hapū ''tribes'' represented by their three marae of Houngar ...


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*
Helen Lyster Nicol Helen Lyster Nicol (29 May 1854 – 22 November 1932) was a New Zealand suffragist and temperance campaigner. She is one of six suffragists honoured in the ''Kate Sheppard National Memorial''. Biography Nicol was born in Edinburgh, Midlothian ...
(1854–1902) of
Dunedin Dunedin ( ; mi, Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from , the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Th ...
co-founded the Dunedin Women's Franchise League * Robina Sinclair Nicol (1861–1942) of
Wellington Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by metr ...
, friend of the
Kirk Kirk is a Scottish and former Northern English word meaning "church". It is often used specifically of the Church of Scotland. Many place names and personal names are also derived from it. Basic meaning and etymology As a common noun, ''kirk' ...
family suffragists who feature in many of her photographs


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* Emma E. de Winton Packe (1840–1914) of
Christchurch Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon Rive ...
, second president of Women's Christian Temperance Union of New Zealand (WCTU NZ) 1887–1889 * Frances Mary "Fanny" Parker OBE (1875–1924) of
Kurow Kurow is a small town in the Waitaki District, New Zealand. It is located on the south bank of the Waitaki River, northwest of Oamaru. Description The name is an Anglicised form of the Māori name of the nearby mountain, Te Kohurau. In the ...
, active as a suffragette in
Scotland Scotland (, ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a Anglo-Scottish border, border with England to the southeast ...
and imprisoned in
England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
* Mary Sadler Powell (1854–1946) of
Invercargill Invercargill ( , mi, Waihōpai is the southernmost and westernmost city in New Zealand, and one of the southernmost cities in the world. It is the commercial centre of the Southland region. The city lies in the heart of the wide expanse of t ...
, president of local WCTU NZ branch, life member of World WCTU


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* Lizzie Frost Fenton Rattray (1855–1931) of
Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about ...
, journalist, member of Auckland Women's Franchise League * Rachel Selina Pinkerton Reynolds (1838–1928) of
Dunedin Dunedin ( ; mi, Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from , the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Th ...
, vice-president of Dunedin Women's Franchise League


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* Annie Jane Allen Schnackenberg (1835–1905) of
Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about ...
, 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 Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon Rive ...
, 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 , logo = National Council of Women of New Zealand logo.png , logo_size = 100px , logo_alt = , logo_caption = , image = , image_size = , alt = , capt ...
(NCWNZ); featured on the
New Zealand ten-dollar note The New Zealand ten-dollar note is a New Zealand banknote. It is issued by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand and since 1999 has been a polymer banknote. It was first issued on 10 July 1967 when New Zealand decimalised its currency, changing fro ...
* 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 Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon Rive ...
, founding member of Christchurch WCTU, Canterbury Women's Institute, and
National Council of Women of New Zealand , logo = National Council of Women of New Zealand logo.png , logo_size = 100px , logo_alt = , logo_caption = , image = , image_size = , alt = , capt ...
, signed th
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 program coordinator for first Māori WCTU NZ convention in 1911 at
Pakipaki Pakipaki is a pā kāinga ''village'' and rural community in the Hastings District and Hawke's Bay Region of New Zealand's North Island. The village is home to many Ngāti Whatuiāpiti hapū ''tribes'' represented by their three marae of Houngar ...
* Anna Paterson Logan Stout (1858–1931) of
Dunedin Dunedin ( ; mi, Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from , the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Th ...
, 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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* Elizabeth Best Ellison Taylor, OBE., JP. of
Christchurch Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon Rive ...
, member of local Women's Christian Temperance Union of New Zealand (WCTU NZ), founding member of the
National Council of Women of New Zealand , logo = National Council of Women of New Zealand logo.png , logo_size = 100px , logo_alt = , logo_caption = , image = , image_size = , alt = , capt ...
, president of Christchurch WCTU NZ 1918 then national president 1926–1935, peace activist


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* Anne Titboald Ward (1825–1896) of
Christchurch Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon Rive ...
, New Zealand, provisional president in 1885 then elected founding president of Women's Christian Temperance Union of New Zealand (WCTU NZ) in February 1886 * Ada Pike Wells (1863–1933) of
Christchurch Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon Rive ...
, New Zealand, member of Christchurch WCTU NZ, founder of the Canterbury Women's Institute, charter secretary of the NCWNZ * Eliza White (1809-1883) of
Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about ...
, Wesleyan missionary and founder of Ladies Christian Association in Auckland, credited for recruiting
Annie Jane Schnackenberg Annie Jane Schnackenberg ( Allen; 22 November 1835 – 2 May 1905) was a New Zealand Wesleyan missionary, temperance and welfare worker, and suffragist. She served as president of the Auckland branch of the Women's Christian Temperance Union N ...
(later WCTU NZ president) to her mission work in
Kawhia Kawhia Harbour (Maori: ''Kāwhia'') is one of three large natural inlets in the Tasman Sea coast of the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located to the south of Raglan Harbour, Ruapuke and Aotea Harbour, 40 kilometres southw ...
in 1861. * Jessie Marguerite McAllan Williamson (c.1855–1937) of
Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about ...
, was a leader in the Wanganui Women's Franchise League (later renamed the Wanganui Women's Political League) and later the
National Council of Women of New Zealand , logo = National Council of Women of New Zealand logo.png , logo_size = 100px , logo_alt = , logo_caption = , image = , image_size = , alt = , capt ...
(NCW NZ); when she moved to Remuera she helped form the Auckland Civic League and which she represented when an Auckland branch of the revived NCW NZ


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* Elizabeth Oman Yates (1845–1918) of
Onehunga Onehunga is a suburb of Auckland in New Zealand and the location of the Port of Onehunga, the city's small port on the Manukau Harbour. It is south of the city centre, close to the volcanic cone of Maungakiekie / One Tree Hill. Onehunga is a ...
, first female mayor in British Empire


See also

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List of suffragists and suffragettes This list of suffragists and suffragettes includes noted individuals active in the worldwide women's suffrage movement who have campaigned or strongly advocated for women's suffrage, the organisations which they formed or joined, and the public ...
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Women's Christian Temperance Union New Zealand Women's Christian Temperance Union of New Zealand (WCTU NZ) is a non-partisan, non-denominational, and non-profit organization that is the oldest continuously active national organisation of women in New Zealand. The national organization began ...


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References

* * * * * * * * *{{cite book , last1=Wood , first1=Jeanne , title=A Challenge not a Truce: A History of the New Zealand Women’s Christian Temperance Union, 1885–1985, location=Nelson, NZ , publisher=The Union , date=1986 * New Zealand women Suffragists