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Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia Quotes

1896–1920

Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia (22 May 1896-10 October 1920) was a suffragette from Aotearoa New Zealand. She petitioned Te Kotahitanga to allow women to vote for members of parliament and to become members of parliament themselves.

Random Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia quote

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There are many intelligent women in New Zealand who marry men who do not know how to run their land.

If we are to discuss the importance of wāhine, we are also discussing the importance of whenua.

Perhaps the Queen may listen to the petitions if they are presented by her Māori sisters, since she is a woman as well.

I move this motion before the principle member and all honourable members so that a law may emerge from this parliament allowing women to vote and women to be accepted as members of the parliament.

[A] hui where wāhine Māori were able to discuss issues including the cessation of land sales, prohibition, and women's right to vote.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.