What you need to know about Kate Sheppard

 Kate Sheppard

Kate Sheppard was a woman's rights protester. She was born in England 1847 but migrated to New Zealand in the 1860s. 

She became a woman’s right protester in the year 1893 and was one of the most prominent members of the women's suffrage movement, she was also a part of various  religions groups one of these groups were the woman’s Christian Temperance Union. She was appointed the WCTU's National Superintendent for Franchise and Legislation which she used to advance

The woman’s suffrage movement.

Kate Sheppard did a lot of things to promote the woman’s suffrage movement; one of these things was by organizing petitions as well as public meetings. She was also the editor of  the white ribbon. with her writing skills and persuasive public speaking she was able to successfully advocate women's suffrage. Because of this New Zealand became the first country to establish universal suffrage.

Kate Sheppard became the first National Council Women of New Zealand

And then later in life she traveled to Britain to help the suffrage movement there. With her failing health she went back to New Zealand  after which

She continued to be involved in writing on women's rights though she became less politically active. She died 1934 at the age of 87 leaving no descendants.

Kate Sheppard was considered to be a very important figure in New Zealand's history. There is a memorial of her in Christchurch as well as she had replaced Queen Elizabeth the II on the front of the New Zealand ten-dollar note in 1991.