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• Kate Cullen, signatory

  Kate (Catherine) Cullen (1855-1938?) was 38 when she signed the petition. She was born inIreland in 1855, and probably came to New Zealand with her brother John (who later...

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• Selina Terrill, signatory

  Panama House Blenheim Panama House Blenheim. Image supplied by author Selina Terrill  (1857 - 1934), neé Holtham was 36 when she signed the petition. Selina was born in Cheltenham, England,...

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• Bessie Te Wenerau Grace, educational leader

  Bessie Te Wenerau Grace, 1889-1944, was the first Māori woman to receive a degree from a university.  Bessie Grace Bessie Grace. Image supplied by author In the first half...

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• Edith Rudd, nurse

  Edith Rudd (nee Lewis), 1891-1982,  served in World War I and World War II and was matron of Wairau Hospital for 20 years between the wars. Edith Lewis Edith Rudd,...

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• Sybil Lupp, racing driver

  Sybil (or Sibyl as is shown on the birth registrar) was born in Hawke's Bay in 1916. In the early 1920s, her family moved back to Blenheim, where...

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