Remuera women who signed the Women’s Suffrage Petition of 1893

In 1893, New Zealand became the first country in the world to grant women the right to vote in national elections. Approx. 70 Remuera women signed the Women’s Suffrage Petition.

The suffrage movement was this country’s first truly mass movement – mobilising tens of thousands of New Zealanders with rallies and generating a series of massive petitions.

The petition was signed by over 31,000 New Zealanders. Nearly 24,000 of those signatures have survived on the copy of the petition presented to Parliament. Approx. 70 women gave their address as Remuera. [1] [2]

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Allen, A (Remuera);

Ashwood, Florence D (Remuera);

Baston, Leah (Remuera);

Bews, A (Parnell);

Clark, M (Remuera);

Crowther, G (Remuera);

Dashwood, Florence (Remuera);

De Carteret, L J (Remuera);

Fallon, Sarah P (Remuera); Fallon, Sarah (Remuera);

Furniss, E (Remuera);

Graham, Constance (Remuera);

Harris, Alice B (Remuera);

Hay, I (Remuera); Hay, M (Remuera);

Henderson, J (Remuera);

Ilott, Amelia; Ilott, Emily (Remuera);

Maingay, Edith;

Martyn, L;

Mead, E F (Remuera);

Mitchelson, Sarah (Remuera);

Morron, Ellen (Remuera);

Norton, I A (Remuera);

Paton, M?

Price, C Alice M (Remuera);

Russell, E (Remuera);

Spencer, Lucy (Remuera);

Whitney, A Viola; Whitney, H S; Whitney, Mary E (Remuera);

Wigmore, Ruth (Remuera);

Wilson, M E (Remuera);

Bishop, Kate (Remuera); Bishop, K (Remuera);

Bishop, Mary (Remuera);

Carr, Ella C (Remuera); Carr, R C A (Remuera);

Cheeseman, Clara E (Remuera); Cheeseman, Rose (Remuera); Cheeseman, Ellen M (Remuera);

Cutler, Mary (Remuera);

Lee, Mary (Remuera); May, Lucy (Remuera);

Thomas, Florence P (Remuera);

Thomas, Marion (Remuera);

Tilly, H (Remuera);

Wilson, M; Hale, Annie; Hale, Clara B; Hale, E G; Hale, M; Warner, Ada K; Whitney, Aileen Muriel; Whitney, Alice M

Digitised 1892 Women Suffrage Petition Roll – Sheet 404 – Region: Auckland, Wairoa South

Entity type: Item Code: R25673036 Years: 1892 – 1892

Location: Digital Repository. Digital copy available: Yes

Format: Text Item type: Physical Access status: Open View online: IE37778868

Crisp, Eva (Remuera); Dutton, Lilias M;

Entrican, Jennie J;

Monro, Agnes (Remuera)

Digitised 1892 Women Suffrage Petition Roll – Sheet 12 – Region: Auckland

Entity type: Item Code: R25672644 Years: 1892 – 1892 Former archives reference: LE1. View online: IE37661722

Dilworth, I(sabella) (Remuera);

Lennox, J I (Remuera),

Pickmere, S H (Remuera);

Simcox, J I (Remuera)

Digitised 1892 Women Suffrage Petition Roll -Sheet 407 – Region: Auckland

Entity type: Item Code: R25673039 Years: 1892 – 1892. View online: IE37778878

Lennox, I (Remuera)

Digitised 1892 Women Suffrage Petition Roll – Sheet 401 – Region: Auckland, Lincoln

Entity type: Item Code: R25673033Years: 1892 – 1892

View online: IE37778838

Morley, Fanny (Remuera)

Digitised 1892 Women Suffrage Petition Roll – Sheet 399 – Region: Auckland, Coromandel

Entity type: Item Code: R25673031 Years: 1892 – 1892

Stuart, F (Remuera)

Digitised 1892 Women Suffrage Petition Roll – Sheet 398 – Region: Auckland

Entity type: Item Code: R25673030 Years: 1892 – 1892

View online: IE37778822

Others – [3]

Carly, E. A. Remuera, Sheet No. 20

Broad, E. Remuera

Gray, A. Remuera

Lennox, J. Remuera

Monro, A. Remuera (see also Sheet 12)

Sheet number 365

Broad, I G. Remuera.

Gray, H. Remuera

Lennox, I. Remuera (se also Sheet 401)

Monro, A.  Remuera (see also Sheet 365)

Sheet number 387

[1] Archives New Zealand.  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R25673036/digitised-1892-women-suffrage-petition-roll—sheet-404—region%3A-auckland%2C-wairoa-south?q=Remuera+&source=aims-archive

[2] Archives New Zealand. https://www.archives.govt.nz/research-guidance/research-guides/law-and-the-courts/womens-suffrage-petition-biography-guide

[3] Women’s suffrage petition, URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/politics/womens-suffrage/petition, (Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 13-Mar-2018