Elizabeth Yates: The First Lady Mayor in the British Empire (New Zealand lives)
By Judith Devaliant.
Description
New Zealand's first elected female politician was woman of remarkable tenacity and courage who endured abuse from her fellow councilors and members of the public, mainly because of her gender. The media helped propel her to international celebrity status as the subject of sensational headlines. Elizabeth Yates served just one year as Mayor of Onehunga in 1894 but her legacy is seen in the increasing numbers of women entering local and national politics in the New Zealand of the 1990s. Decades ahead of her time (the country did not get its second woman mayor for another 63 years), Eliza...
ISBN(s)
0908988060, 9780908988068
