15. Centennial: New Zealand's Victory

Centennial by Becky Brown

Centennial recalls the 1993 celebration of New Zealand's honorable position as the first country to enfranchise all women in all elections.

 New Zealanders proudly displayed their voting rights

in a Washington parade, an image from the Library of Congress.

In 1993 Queen Elizabeth II created the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial medal to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the passing of the Suffrage Bill on September 19, 1893. Each year September 19th is remembered as Suffrage Day or White Camellia Day because supporters of votes for women wore white camellias.

 New Zealanders have remembered  their suffrage

 leader with a Kate Sheppard variety of camellia.

Kate Sheppard (1847-1934) is also recalled on a stamp
and their paper money.

New Zealand sent marchers to England to show the way.

Centennial by Becky Brown

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September 2013 was the 120th anniversary of New Zealand's ground-breaking law. We were ready for the celebration with Centennial, a pattern given the name by the American magazine Hearth and Home about a hundred years ago.

Cutting an 8" Finished Block
The red measurements use the EQ 1/16" default instead of the 1/8" default.

A - Cut 4 squares 2-1/2" (2-1/2")

B - Cut 1 square 5-1/4". (5-3/16")

Cut with 2 diagonal cuts to make 4 triangles. You need 4 triangles.

C - Cut 2 squares 3-1/4". (3-3/16")

Cut with 2 diagonal cuts to make 4 triangles. You need 8 triangles.

D - Cut 4 rectangles 1-7/8" x 3-3/8" (1-15/16" x 3-5/16")

E - Cut 1 square 3-3/8" (3-5/16")

Cutting a 12" Finished Block

A - Cut 4 squares 3-1/2".

B - Cut 1 square 7 - 3/16"

Cut with 2 diagonal cuts to make 4 triangles. You need 4 triangles.

C - Cut 2 squares 4-3/16". 

Cut with 2 diagonal cuts to make 4 triangles. You need 8 triangles.

D - Cut 4 rectangles 2-5/8" x 4-3/4". 

E - Cut 1 square 4-3/4".

Centennial

By Dustin Cecil

New Zealand shows England's old fogies

 the future in this postcard from the

Artists' Suffrage League

Centennial

By Georgann Eglinski

Read more about Kate Sheppard here:

http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/Society/People/S/Sheppard-Kate/

Click here to see a native New Zealander's quilt in the Museum of New Zealand

http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/objectdetails.aspx?oid=862875