The signing of the 1893 Suffrage petition was a momentous achievement for wāhine in Aotearoa. It led to women winning the vote and was a key milestone in the fight for gender equality. We were the first in the world to achieve this.
But who were the 25,519 women who signed their names? For the most part, we know very little about them. Where did they live? Where did they come from? What were their lives like in 1893?
We are holding two days of workshops on “Find your - or Adopt - a Suffragette” - a guided research opportunity at Central City Library on Saturday, 29 July 10.30am -3.30pm and Writing/Compilation day on Saturday, 25 August 10.30am - 3.30pm.
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