Did you know that for fifty years New Zealand women wanting to enrol to vote in the country’s general elections were required to state their marital status, rather than fill in their occupation as men did?
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Spinster, Married, Widow or “When your marital status is your job (for voting purposes)”
Annette looks at the legislative history of women voting in New Zealand, specifically how their "occupation" was recorded at enrolment.…