👩Women's Suffrage👩

Women’s Suffrage

On the 19th of September 1983 New Zealand became the  first ever country to let the Women vote. Woman Suffrage began in the 19th century.

Suffrage means to have the right to vote in political elections.

Kate Sheppard was the prominent leader of the Suffragist Movement in New Zealand. She was the person who suggested that women should vote in the first place. New Zealand pioneering Suffragists were inspired by John Stuart Mill. John Stuart Mill was a Political economist and a civil servant.