CarveHerName<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a>, 18 May 1893, Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia spoke at the Kotahitanga (Māori parliament) in Aotearoa (New Zealand). She was the first woman to address the Kotahitanga, and called for Māori women to have the vote and to be members of the parliament.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AotearoaHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AotearoaHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NZHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NZHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/VotesForWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VotesForWomen</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomenInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomenInHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomensHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomensHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Histodons</span></a></p>