"...I would rather have this new woman - even in her occasional perversity, exaggeration, and revolt - than the female oyster who discovers no interest in life outside the limits of her own shell."
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Alicia Taylor's "Margaret Home Sievwright and the Fight for "United Womanhood"" Auckland War Memorial Museum - TÄmaki Paenga Hira. Published: 6 December 2018. Accessed: 4 February 2026.
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Margaret Sievwright
Margaret Home Sievwright (nĂ©e Richardson; 19 March 1844 â 9 March 1905), known as Margaret Sievwright, was an active political figure and feminist in temperance and suffrage movements, later becoming the president of the National Council of Women of New Zealand.
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