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jan 1, 1893 - Women’s Suffrage (1893)

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After years of effort by suffrage campaigners led by Kate Sheppard, women won the right to vote in September 1893.
New Zealand became the first independent country where women could vote in parliamentary elections.

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jan 1, 1893
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~ 133 years ago