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Kōrero: Men and women in the city

Anticipating political office

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Anticipating political office

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

by William Blomfield

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Caroline Daley, Men and women in the city – Man’s country, woman’s city?, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/cartoon/24591/anticipating-political-office (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Caroline Daley, i tāngia i te 17 December 2009.