Professor of History at the University of Canterbury and current Royal Society of New Zealand Te Apārangi James Cook Research Fellow, University of Canterbury
Katie graduated as a senior scholar with a double major in History and Geography from the University of Canterbury in 1989. After working as the editor of Canta, she undertook postgraduate study at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, where she completed a first class MA in 1991. In 1996 her PhD was granted by McGill University in Montreal. Katie returned to Canterbury to lecture in New Zealand women's/feminist history. Katie is the author of three monographs and she has edited six scholarly collections. She has published over 40 essays, journal articles and opinion editorials on a variety of topics. Katie was the President of the New Zealand Historical Association from 2014-5. She is an editor for Kotuitui and the Australasian section of History Compass. She serves on the editorial boards of the New Zealand Journal of History and the New Zealand Woman's Studies Journal.
Why New Zealand was the first country where women won the right to vote
Sep 25, 2018 18:30 pm UTC| Insights & Views
125 years ago today Aotearoa New Zealand became the first country in the world to grant all women the right to vote. The event was part of an ongoing international movement for women to exit from an inferior position in...
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