Kate Sheppard

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Today in my blog we are going to be learning about Kate Sheppard . We have learnt about Kate Sheppard  and we had to read a story and answer some questions here is the work we had to do theses are the questions. 

1. Where was Kate Sheppard born?  :In  Liverpool in England 1847.

2. Why do you think Kate Shepard was placed on the New Zealand $10 note? : because she was a really good person .

3. Women Christians temperance Union

4. What are three actions Kate Sheppard took in her quest for women to have the right to vote? : 1. Protect 2. Potion 3.she went around new Zealand 

5. True or False Kate Sheppard was born in 1847 True 

6. True or False Australia was the first country to allow women to vote False

7. True or False Nearly 32,000 signatures were collected in Sheppard’s petition True

8. True or False Kate Sheppard's image on the New Zealand $20 note True

1. Summarise the article in your own words.

Today in New Zealand Men and Women are considered equal . Liverpool England in 1847 Kate Sheppard was born, she was married Walter Sheppard in 1871 of the age of 24. In 1885 she joined the WCTU ( Women's Chistain Temperance Union ) shepherd became passionate about women receiving the right to vote. Women where seen as being better suited to looking after children and cleaning the house than thinking about politics.

In 1893 Kate Sheppard and her team collected the signatures of nearly 32,000 women  to show how many people supported their cause. They also had the support of the primeeministerat the time. The petition was 270 meters long!

Kate Sheppard was placed on the $10 note , In 1999 Helen Clark became the first woman to be elected as prime minister in New Zealand . Kate Sheppard would have been very pleased.

2. a) Many men didn’t believe women should be able to vote.

3. b) Kate Sheppard collected 32,000  signatures in a petition 

I did not get to finish it sadly

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