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1/ THREAD: Today the House held a special debate to note the centenary of women in NZ winning the right to stand for Parliament. We thought we'd take a look back at some famous first words from women MPs. #HistoricHansard #nzpol #nzhistory #WāhineToa
2/ Maiden speech of Elizabeth McCombs, NZ's first woman MP, 28 September 1933: babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.… #HistoricHansard #nzpol #nzhistory #WāhineToa 
3/ Maiden speech of Catherine Stewart, NZ's second woman MP (and first to be elected at a general election), 12 July 1939: babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.… #HistoricHansard #nzpol #nzhistory #WāhineToa
