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Elizabeth Yates

Seated portrait of Elizabeth Yates, c.1894. In 1893 Yates was elected mayor of Onehunga, the first woman in the British Empire to hold this office.

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Keywords

women in politics
onehunga
elizabeth yates
Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library,
Reference: 1/2-C-016118-F
Photograph printed by McKee and Gamble
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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'Elizabeth Yates', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/elizabeth-yates, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 10-Jun-2014

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