Catherine Wilson Lovell-Smith nee Malcolm – Kate Sheppard (1848- 1934)

For world famous suffragette, Kate Sheppard, the following comment did little to put her off her ambitions… “…recommended to go home, look after their children, cook their husbands’ dinners, empty the slobs and generally attend to domestic affairs for which nature designed them; they should stop meddling in masculine concerns at which they are profoundly …

Woman’s Council A World First – 13th April 1896

On 13th April 1896, at a Christchurch hosted women’s convention where eleven groups were represented, the ‘National Council of Women’ was founded (pictured). Well known suffragette Kate Sheppard was elected as its first President. Their main aim was to lobby for women’s rights and “…unite organised societies of women for mutual counsel and cooperation, and …