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Mabel Howard Quotes

1894–1972

Mabel Bowden Howard (18 April 1894 - 23 June 1972), was the first woman secretary of the Canterbury General Labourers' Union and New Zealand politician.

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"I am a very ordinary type of woman, but I can get on with all women, irrespective of their political outlook."

"I am going to work really hard to improve health conditions in New Zealand, because I think it is work which can best be handled by a woman."

Upon her reception to the Wellington women's branch of the Labour Party: "The women of New Zealand have at last arrived,"

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