Kate Sheppard

 Kia Ora, 

For today's blog, I will be talking about Kate Sheppard. These past few weeks, we've been working on Protests in New Zealand, and one of them is the women's suffrage that is lead by Kate Sheppard. We also had to read a text, talking about Kate Sheppard. Then there were some questions that must be answered, and activities we had to do. 

Simple information about Kate: 

Women’s suffrage petition 1893: 

Before the protests happened, mans were the only gender that were allowed to vote, women were forbidden to vote whenever there were elections. They claimed that ‘Women’s proper place’ was at home and politics are for men. There was one woman who stood up for what is right and changed the men’s perspective towards women. Kate Sheppard was the leader of the women’s suffrage. They started a movement for this, the petition was signed by over 25,000 women roughly. However, in the end the testimonial appeal assisted with achieving a huge victory. Women’s suffrage movements were extremely important, helpful and effective. New Zealand was the first country allowing women the right to vote. It took them 10 years until they received equal rights with men.

I haven't finished all of the activity, but I'm half way through it. I'll only be showing one activity that I have done for today. The activity is to: Using information you find in the text, design an advertisement to encourage people to sign Kate Sheppard's petition. Include reasons why they should sign the petition. Your advertising needs a title, information and illustrations. 

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