Engraving from New Zealand Graphic, 21 July 1894, a woman holds a flag proclaiming ‘Perfect Political Equality’ Photo: Alexander Turnbull Library
On Suffrage Day Claire Regnault, a curator from Te Papa, and Anastasia Burn from Wellington Girls College Feminist Club discuss pressing issues for women today. Te Papa recently acquired a rare medal for valour awarded to Frances Parker an Otago born suffrage activist who campaigned for women in Scotland.
The Women’s Social and Political Union Medal for Valour awarded to suffragette Frances Parker Photo: Supplied
