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Monday 30 November 2020

S.L.J Week-1 Demo Task

Task Description: Today we used a website that allowed us to recolour famous paintings i recoloured a painting of watermelons

Tuesday 10 November 2020

What you need to know about Kate Sheppard

 Kate Sheppard

Kate Sheppard was a woman's rights protester. She was born in England 1847 but migrated to New Zealand in the 1860s. 


She became a woman’s right protester in the year 1893 and was one of the most prominent members of the women's suffrage movement, she was also a part of various  religions groups one of these groups were the woman’s Christian Temperance Union. She was appointed the WCTU's National Superintendent for Franchise and Legislation which she used to advance

The woman’s suffrage movement.


Kate Sheppard did a lot of things to promote the woman’s suffrage movement; one of these things was by organizing petitions as well as public meetings. She was also the editor of  the white ribbon. with her writing skills and persuasive public speaking she was able to successfully advocate women's suffrage. Because of this New Zealand became the first country to establish universal suffrage.


Kate Sheppard became the first National Council Women of New Zealand

And then later in life she traveled to Britain to help the suffrage movement there. With her failing health she went back to New Zealand  after which

She continued to be involved in writing on women's rights though she became less politically active. She died 1934 at the age of 87 leaving no descendants.


Kate Sheppard was considered to be a very important figure in New Zealand's history. There is a memorial of her in Christchurch as well as she had replaced Queen Elizabeth the II on the front of the New Zealand ten-dollar note in 1991.  


Tuesday 3 November 2020

Railroad to Freedom

Today my class had to read a book that invovled the problems with racisim. I read a book called Railroad to Freedom. Which is about a "Railroad" made to help free slaves it was called the Underground Railroad except it wasn't really a railroad and it wasn't underground. One of the people who help escaped slaves was called Harriet Tubman's although her given name was Araminta Ross its not known when she was born as when she was born she instantly became a slave.