Kate Sheppard
Kate Sheppard is widely regarded as the leader and front runner of the suffragist movement in New Zealand. It was because of her great social work that Kate became the source of inspiration to suffragists not only in her own country but throughout the world her views found a wide acceptance. Her childhood was spent in Liverpool, England under the strict religious adherence of her uncle. Though she married quite at an early stage, her enthusiastic zeal found expression through various social activities which she carried out on regular basis. The literary writings and speeches of Kate Sheppard showed a broader perspective of her mind and her approach towards creating a modern world of feminism. Sheppard was the first woman MP to enter Parliament of New Zealand. Her death in 1930 was a great loss to the whole country.