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Purification suffrage cartoon

'Purification'
First-wave feminists argued that women's votes would clean up politics. The man wears a badge with 'MHR' – Member of the House of Representatives – written on it.

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Keywords

suffrage campaign
cartoon
MPs
women in politics
Credit

Ashley Hunter, New Zealand Graphic, 18 November 1893

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