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Kate Sheppard

1848 - 1934

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Katherine Wilson Sheppard (née Catherine Wilson Malcolm; 10 March 1848 – 13 July 1934) was the most prominent member of the women's suffrage movement in New Zealand and the country's most famous suffragist. Born in Liverpool, England, she emigrated to New Zealand with her family in 1868. There she became an active member of various religious and social organisations, including the Women's Christian Temperance Union New Zealand (WCTU NZ). In 1887 she was appointed the WCTU NZ's National Superintendent for Franchise and Legislation, a position she used to advance the cause of women's suffrage in New Zealand. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kate Sheppard is the 249th most popular social activist (down from 234th in 2019), the 1,810th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,449th in 2019) and the 14th most popular British Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Kate Sheppard ranks 249 out of 840. Before her are Huber Matos, Jan Gotlib Bloch, David Riazanov, Narges Mohammadi, Jean Ziegler, and Abba Kovner. After her are Peter Nguyen Van Hung, Leymah Gbowee, Edward Snowden, Djamila Bouhired, Haim Arlosoroff, and Zinaida Portnova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1848, Kate Sheppard ranks 50. Before her are Lothar von Trotha, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Thomas Lipton, Henri Duparc, Friedrich Ernst Dorn, and Hermann von Eichhorn. After her are Anatoly Stessel, Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, Viktor Meyer, Benjamin Baillaud, Hans Delbrück, and Albert Robida. Among people deceased in 1934, Kate Sheppard ranks 60. Before her are Paul Gustav Fischer, Carsten Borchgrevink, Frederick Delius, Viktor Kaplan, Charles Webster Leadbeater, and Thorleif Haug. After her are Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Erich Mühsam, Edmund Heines, Winsor McCay, Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, and Ferdinand von Bredow.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Kate Sheppard ranks 1,810 out of 8,785. Before her are George Robert Waterhouse (1810), Francis Baily (1774), Catherine Eddowes (1842), John Bowring (1792), William Boyce (1711), and George MacDonald (1824). After her are Nehemiah Grew (1641), Samuel Bellamy (1689), James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (1531), Terry Cooper (1944), Brian Clough (1935), and Frederick Marryat (1792).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United Kingdom

Among social activists born in United Kingdom, Kate Sheppard ranks 14. Before her are Thomas Cranmer (1489), Annie Besant (1847), Max Mosley (1940), Emily Davison (1872), Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence (1867), and Christabel Pankhurst (1880). After her are Unity Mitford (1914), Eglantyne Jebb (1876), Wat Tyler (1341), Mary Dyer (1611), Cassivellaunus (-100), and Millicent Fawcett (1847).

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