THE
FAMOUS
PROTESTER
Kate sheppard
Katherine (Kate) Sheppard fought for women's rights to vote in NZ. She was born in 1847 in Liverpool,England, but later she moved to NZ with her family.
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When Kate Sheppard went to NZ she found out that women don’t have the same rights as men. Women were not allowed to vote. They had to ask permission from their husbands or fathers if they wanted to open a bank account or sell a house.
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Kate Sheppard got every woman's signatures the first one she tried in 1891 but it failed then she tried it again in 1892 and it also failed but in 1893. she convinced nearly 32,000 people to sign her petition. This was the Final petition containing so many signatures that it had to be carried to parliament house in a wheelbarrow.
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Kate Sheppard fought for women’s she was successful in 1893 because she got 32,000 people to vote for women's right so they voted Kate sheppard to be the president of women’s right to vote. She fought for the women so that they can vote to not just men.
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Kate Sheppard was a wonderful person because she stood for women's rights.
The Fight for voting Rights
In 1893, new Zealand led the world by becoming the first country to give women the right to vote for their constitutional rights as their leaders. This hugely achievement was won by the hard workers and determination of a number of New Zealanders, including the suffragist Kate Sheppard. Kate and other suffrage activists had to fight against the widely held belief that women should only concern themselves with their homes and families. Many people firmly believe that politics was a man’s world, where women had no place.
Today I read this book about women Fight to vote every women has the rights to vote for their country not just men the women always has to stay home and the men go vote but it is changed women and men can vote.
