Editing First-wave feminism (section)

=== New Zealand ===
[[File:Tribute to the Suffragettes, close up.jpg|thumb|right|''Tribute to the Suffragettes'' memorial in [[Christchurch]], New Zealand. The figures shown from left to right are [[Amey Daldy]], [[Kate Sheppard]], [[Ada Wells]] and [[Harriet Morison]].]]

Early New Zealand feminists and suffragettes included [[Maud Pember Reeves]] (Australian-born; later lived in London), [[Kate Sheppard]] and [[Mary Ann Müller]]. In 1893, [[Elizabeth Yates (mayor)|Elizabeth Yates]] became Mayor of [[Onehunga]], the first time such a post had been held by a female anywhere in the [[British Empire]]. Early university graduates were [[Emily Siedeberg]] (doctor, graduated 1895) and [[Ethel Benjamin]] (lawyer, graduated 1897). The Female Law Practitioners Act was passed in 1896 and Benjamin was admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in 1897 (see [[Women's suffrage in New Zealand]]).