"I think women are quite as well able to legislate as men..."
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As stated in Auckland Museum's "Choice - Women in 19th Century Aotearoa". Finigan, Nina 2018. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki Paenga Hira. Published 19 September 2018.
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Elizabeth Yates (mayor)
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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