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Biography: Horomona, Maata

The ‘savage suffragettes’

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A cartoon depicting three young women wrapped in blankets being stared at by curious onlookers.

The New York press characterised Maata Horomona and her fellow female performers as ‘savage suffragettes’ after they attended several women’s suffrage-related functions in 1909.

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New York Public Library

Reference: Scrapbook of clippings compiled by press representative Anna Marble Pollock, R.H Burnside Collection, Box 57, Hippodrome Season 1909–1910

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How to cite this page

Minette Hillyer. 'Horomona, Maata', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2024. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/cartoon/47879/the-savage-suffragettes (accessed 4 June 2026).