City women were instrumental in the fight to give women the vote, which they achieved in 1893. Having attained this milestone, it was only a matter of time before women stood for political office – a day this 1913 cartoon anticipates.
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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference:
H-712-009
Ink drawing by William Blomfield
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