Personal details
Full Name:
- Ada Wells
Lifetime:
- 29 Apr 1863–22 Mar 1933
Biography
Ada Wells is remembered for her contribution to the women's suffrage campaign in the 1880s and 90s, and for becoming the first woman elected to the Christchurch City Council in 1917.
Read more...Events In History
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13 April 1896National Council of Women formedThree years after New Zealand became the first self-governing country in which all women could vote, representatives of 11 women’s groups met in Christchurch’s Provincial Council Buildings to form the National Council of Women. Read more...
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Main image: Ada Wells
Ada Wells contributed to the women's suffrage campaign in the 1880s and 90s, and for became the first women elected to the Christchurch City Council in 1917.