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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.
Alexander Turnbull Library,
Reference: 1/2-C-016118-F
Photograph printed by McKee and Gamble
Further information and copies of this image may be obtained from the
Library through its 'Timeframes' website,
http://timeframes.natlib.govt.nz
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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