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That all women should be allowed to vote.
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- Built up sympathetic public opinion
- Talked at public meetings
- Organised a petition to circulate New Zealand and eventually be sent to
Parliament.
- Made an alliance with Sir John Hall so
that women had someone inside parliament to help with their cause.
- Distributed a suffrage pamphlet.
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- There was huge public awareness of the issue
at the time.
- Many people came to believe that women should be allowed
to vote.
- All of these actions, especially the petition, led
to New Zealand women being the first in the world to get the vote in 1893.
- Having John Hall on their side helped the suffrage movement have an impact
within parliament where their issue was being heard.
- Women could vote
from 1893 onwards, which meant that they had their say through elections.
- Kate Sheppard became
an admired woman overseas where she was often asked to speak about how a
small country like New Zealand could be the first in the world
to let women vote.
- It took a while, but Kate Sheppard's actions and
ideas made her one of New Zealand's most notable women.
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