1,840 CE · First signing at Waitangi · 6 February
The first signing occurred before her birth.
All Figures
Women’s suffrage organiser
Kate Sheppard
1,847 CE – 1,934 CE
Kate Sheppard became a prominent organiser of New Zealand’s women’s suffrage campaign. Her work within the Women’s Christian Temperance Union helped mobilise petitions and political support for the vote.
Lifetime
1847–1934 dates her lifetime. The map locates her campaigning community in Christchurch, not her birthplace.
NZ History · Kate SheppardNZ History · Kate Sheppard’s petition signatureWhy it matters
A named campaigner helps anchor a collective movement without replacing its many participants.
Remember this
Sheppard’s life surrounds the 1893 voting milestone; a person and a law have different spans.
Place it in context · 2 connected stories
Compare the whole dated phase. Overlap shows shared time; it does not establish contact or cause.
Before
Overlapping in time
1,893 CE · Electoral Act becomes law · 19 September
The parliamentary-vote milestone within her lifetime.
Kate Sheppard became a prominent organiser of New Zealand’s women’s suffrage campaign. Her work within the Women’s Christian Temperance Union helped mobilise petitions and political support for the vote.