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• Marlborough Women and the Petition

  On 19 September 1893, after submitting a petition[https://nzhistory.govt.nz/politics/womens-suffrage/petition] with nearly 32,000 signatures, New Zealand became the first self-governing country to grant women the vote. In most other democracies – including...

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• Mary Mulvey, signatory (1822 - 1922)

  In 1893 when she signed the petition Mrs Mary Mulvey was 71 years old and a widow. Her husband, John, the local milkman, had been charged with threatening...

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• The Norgrove Sisters, signatories

  *Emma (1848-1945) and Kate (1853-1927) Norgrove, signatories* Emma and Kate Norgrove moved to Blenheim as children with their parents in 1861. Norgrove sisters Norgrove family house. Image supplied by author When...

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• Emma Litchfield, signatory

  In 1893 when she signed the petition, Emma Litchfield (  (1853—1927), neé Lodder was forty years old. She was born in New Zealand in 1853, and in 1877 she...

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• Lydia Higgs, signatory

  In 1893 when she signed the petition Lydia Higgs (1854 - 1943), nee Holtham was 39 years old. She was the second wife of Caleb Higgs, whom she...

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