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Elizabeth Yates Quotes

1840–1918 Scotland

Elizabeth Yates (née Oman) (1840 – 6 September 1918), was the first female mayor of the British Empire. She was born in Scotland, but later in 1894 served as mayor of Onehunga in New Zealand.

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Also known as: Elizabeth Yates

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No woman, however degraded, but should have women to look after them.

Most emphatically I am not a prohibitionist.

I think women are quite as well able to legislate as men...

...in a better sanitary condition than any in the North Island.

I am most anxious to make a change in the way business is carried on. There is in both borough councils and in Parliament too, a great deal too much talk...Men often get up and talk at these meetings just to waste time...

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Elizabeth Yates (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.