Women's Suffrage in New Zealand

• Autore: Grimshaw Patricia
• Pubblicazione: Auckland University Press, 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (346 p.)
• Disciplina: 324.62309931
• Soggetto topico: New Zealand -- Government and politics; Women -- Suffrage -- New Zealand; Women -- Suffrage
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half-title; Title Page; Preface; Table of Contents; Illustrations; Introduction; 1 : The New Woman; 2 : Early Parliaments and Women's Rights; 3 : Women and the Temperance Movement; 4 : The Women's Christian Temperance Union; 5 : The Suffrage Movement Gathers Way; 6 : The Movement in Full Swing; 7 : The Politicians' Dilemma; 8 : The Debate on Women's Suffrage; 9 : Success; 10 : The First Election; 11 : Liberals, Teetotallers, or Feminists?; 12 : Post Mortem on the Suffrage; Bibliography; A, B, C; Index; D, E, F; G, H, I; J, K, L; M, N, O; P, Q, R; S, T, U; V, W, X; Y, Z; Plates ; Copyright
• Sommario/riassunto: The definitive account of the New Zealand suffrage movement, <I>Women's Suffrage in New Zealand</I> remains the only study of how New Zealand became the first country in the world to give women the vote. It tells the fascinating story of the courage and the determination of the early New Zealand feminists led by the remarkable Kate Sheppard, whose ideas and attitudes still resonate today.<div></DIV>
• Titolo autorizzato: Women's Suffrage in New Zealand
• ISBN: 9781775582434; 1775582434
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911038164403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II