By Jacqueline Choi
This term, the Year 9 STEAM students were so fortunate to have educators Tereora Crane and Lisa Allcott from the National Library come in and run a workshop focusing on the history of women’s suffrage in New Zealand.
This was a great opportunity for the students as we were learning about women’s suffrage as a part of our War and Peace topic. During the workshop the students were able to study more about the third suffrage petition which is currently on display in Wellington’s National Library as part of the He Tohu exhibition. It was also very interesting to learn about when women in different countries gained the right to vote.
To wrap up the workshop, Tereora Crane gave an inspiring speech about the importance of being grateful for the opportunities we have as women in society today and how we should always strive to bring change into the world. He left us pondering the question concerning gender equality- “are we there yet?”