Women's Suffrage in New Zealand

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Preface v
• Preface to the 1987 Edition vi
• Contents vii
• Illustrations ix
• Introduction xi
• I The New Woman 1
• 2 Early Parliaments and Women's Rights 12
• 3 Women and the Temperance Movement 21
• 4 The Women's Christian Temperance Union 27
• 5 The Suffrage Movement Gathers Way 36
• 6 The Movement in Full Swing 46
• 7 The Politicians' Dilemma 60
• 8 The Debate on Women's Suffrage 74
• 9 Success 86
• 10 The First Election 96

• Title Page iii
• Preface v
• Preface to the 1987 Edition vi
• Contents vii
• Illustrations ix
• Introduction xi
• I The New Woman 1
• 2 Early Parliaments and Women's Rights 12
• 3 Women and the Temperance Movement 21
• 4 The Women's Christian Temperance Union 27
• 5 The Suffrage Movement Gathers Way 36
• 6 The Movement in Full Swing 46
• 7 The Politicians' Dilemma 60
• 8 The Debate on Women's Suffrage 74
• 9 Success 86
• 10 The First Election 96
• Ii Liberals, Teetotallers, or Feminists? 108
• 12 Post Mortem on the Suffrage 119
• Afterword (1987) 123
• References 127
• Bibliography 143
• Index 150