Discover and read the best of Twitter Threads about #WhakatuWahine
Most recents (3)
Join us #LIVE for our CWP suffrage panel discussion: 'The State of the Nation for Women in New Zealand Today: 125 years post suffrage'. We're currently hearing from @nataliaalbert, founder of @kspwomen: facebook.com/NZParliament/v… #nzpol #SuffrageDay #Suffrage125 #KateSheppard
Currently speaking: Dr @gillgreer, National Council of Women of NZ @ncwnz
facebook.com/NZParliament/v… #SuffrageDay
facebook.com/NZParliament/v… #SuffrageDay
Next up on the CWP 'State of the Nation for Women in NZ' Suffrage Panel: Prue Kapua, President of the Maori Women's Welfare League @Mwwlorg
Watch live: facebook.com/NZParliament/v… #Suffrage125 #WhakatuWahine #WahineToa
Watch live: facebook.com/NZParliament/v… #Suffrage125 #WhakatuWahine #WahineToa
This morning Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians NZ is holding a breakfast to celebrate #Suffrage125, including speeches from Rt Hon Dame Ann Hercus & Rt Hon Dame Jenny Shipley #nzpol #whakatūwāhine #nzhistory 
Rt Hon Dame Jenny Shipley speaking at the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians Suffrage Breakfast this morning #nzpol #whakatūwāhine #suffrage125 #WomenInPolitics
Correction: * Hon Dame Ann Hercus.
Women in NZ gained the right to vote in a Westminster Parliament in 1893, but couldn't stand for the House of Reps (lower House) until 1919 and weren't admitted to the Legislative Chamber (upper House) until 1941, a mere decade before it was abolished.
On Elizabeth McCombs' first day as an MP, there were questions as to whether she'd wear a hat in the House – as Lady Astor had done when she took her seat in the House of Commons – but McCombs' said she never wore one at local body meetings, and would not do so in Parliament.
Elizabeth McCombs' appearance in Parliament also meant a few changes to the building & language in the House. The 'No women permitted' sign over Bellamy's dining room was removed, and the wording of the swearing-in was changed to 'members' instead of 'gentlemen'. #WhakatūWāhine
