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86: 24: 51:. The 1893 petition was substantially larger than the 1891 petition, which had around 9,000 signatures, and larger still than the 1892 petition, which contained some 20,000 signatures. The third petition was the largest petition presented to Parliament at that point with nearly 32,000 signatures. The petition was signed in various parts of the country by women, aged 21 or older, who signed their names and addresses. At least 20 men also signed the petition. 54:
The main petition had more than 500 individual sheets joined together to form a roll which stretched more than 270 metres (890 ft). When Sir John Hall submitted the petition to Parliament on 28 July 1893, Parliamentary staff unwound a section of the roll, extending it to the whole length of the
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The 1893 Women's Suffrage Petition led to New Zealand becoming the first self-governing nation in the world where women won the right to vote. It was signed by close to one quarter of the female adult population and was, at that time, the largest petition of its kind signed in New Zealand and other
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We the undersigned : an analysis of signatories to the 1893 women's suffrage petition from southern Dunedin
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The 1891 petition has not survived but the 1892 petition is held by Archives New Zealand.
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The first sheet of the 1893 Women's Suffrage Petition. Archives Reference LE1 1893/7a
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debating chamber. There were another 12 smaller petitions which have not survived.
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were all in favour of women's suffrage, but the effort was largely led by the
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exhibition. It remains, however, under the care of the Chief Archivist and
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Petition to the New Zealand Government in support of women's suffrage
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Taonga, New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu.
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The Ladies Are at It Again! Gore Debates the Women's Franchise
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Database of signatories to the 1893 Women's suffrage petition
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New Zealand Government
women's suffrage
Electoral Act 1893
1893 general election
John Hall
Alfred Saunders
John Ballance
New Zealand
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Kate Sheppard

National Library of New Zealand
He Tohu
Archives New Zealand
UNESCO
Memory of the World
"Women's Suffrage Petition — Te Petihana Whakamana Pōti Wahine"
"Sheppard, Katherine Wilson"
"The Women's Suffrage Petition | Te Petihana Whakamana Pōti Wahine, 1893"
"Parliamentary notes"
"About the suffrage petition – Women and the vote | NZHistory, New Zealand history online"
"He Tohu"
"The 1893 Women's Suffrage Petition | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization"
"NZ Register"
the original
"Archway :: Series Full Description"
ISBN
978-04-7511-018-3
We the undersigned : an analysis of signatories to the 1893 women's suffrage petition from southern Dunedin

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