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#OnThisDay, 25 Sept 1951, 87 women meet at the first Te Rōpū Wāhine Māori Toko I te Ora (conference for the Māori Women’s Welfare League) in Aotearoa (New Zealand).

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #NZHistory #Histodons

Māori women in a conference theatre that has been set up with tables.
#otd #history #histodons #womeninhistory #onthisday #womenshistory #nzhistory

#OnThisDay, 19 Sept 1893, the Electoral Act is signed into New Zealand (Aotearoa) law. All women over 21 who were 'British subjects', including Māori women, gain the right to vote.

Over 90,000 women vote in November 1893.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #VotesForWomen #NZHistory #Histodons

A cartoon showing a man helping a woman to the "parliamentary heights". She is carrying a flag saying "perfect political equality". Not quite sure why he's fully dressed and she's in floaty robes and bare feet.
#otd #history #histodons #womeninhistory #onthisday #womenshistory #votesforwomen #nzhistory

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