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NZ was first to grant women the vote in 1893, but then took 26 years to let them stand for parliament

  • Written by Katie Pickles, Professor of History at the University of Canterbury and current Royal Society of New Zealand Te Apārangi James Cook Research Fellow, University of Canterbury
NZ was first to grant women the vote in 1893, but then took 26 years to let them stand for parliamentAfter winning the right to vote in 1893, New Zealand's suffragists kept up the battle, but the unity found in rallying around the major cause had receded. Jim Henderson/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-ND

Today marks the passing of the much celebrated 1893 Electoral Act, 126 years ago, which made New Zealand the first country in the world to grant...

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