Kate Sheppard

Katherine Wilson Sheppard (10 March 1847 – 13 July 1934) was the most prominent member of New Zealand's women's suffrage movement, and is the country's most famous suffragette. Because New Zealand was the first country to introduce universal suffrage, Sheppard's work had a considerable impact on women's suffrage movements in other countries.

Early life

Sheppard was born in Liverpool, England, to Scottish parents. Officially, her name was Catherine Wilson Malcolm, although she generally preferred to spell her given name "Katherine", or abbreviate it to "Kate". She received a good education, and was noted for her intellectual ability. In 1868, several years after the death of her father, Sheppard was brought by her mother to Christchurch, Three years later, she married Walter Allen Sheppard, and adopted his surname.

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Liverpool - England - Scottish - 1868 - Christchurch

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In 1885, Sheppard became involved in establishing the New Zealand Women's Christian Temperance Union, part of the larger temperance movement. Sheppard's involvement arose primarily from her religious beliefs, which she had inherited from her mother.

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1885 - New Zealand Women's Christian Temperance Union - Temperance movement

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