Protest

Hello! 

This term we are learning about protests like women's suffrage and other protests. This blog post is about women's suffrage and the person who started the protest Kate Sheppard. Kate Sheppard was born in Liverpool, in the UK 1847. Kate grew up and married Walter Sheppard and both Kate and Walter moved to Christchurch and Kate joined the WCTU (Woman's Christian Temperance Union).

 Kate wanted women to have right and to vote so Kate travelled around NZ, writing newspapers, holding public meetings and talking to members of parliament. Kate Sheppard even got the support of the prime minister!

Kate Sheppard started a petition and got 32,000 people! 32,000 just look at that number of people, like wow.

ITS FACT TIME!

NZ was the first country for women to vote.

Kate Sheppard is on the $10 note in NZ

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