Inspired by the 1909 Pank-a-Squith Board Game, where suffragettes tried to make it to the Houses of Parliament whilst dodging the police.

A prototype game by @staplegun - Source code on GitHub.

Learn more at Suffrage 125 Whakatū Wāhine

Timeline sources

• Women's Suffrage (Archives NZ)
• Votes for women (Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand)
• New Zealand women and the vote (Ministry for Culture and Heritage)
• Votes for Women (Electoral Commission NZ)
• Women's suffrage in New Zealand (Wikipedia)

Images

• Swan, George Henry, 1833-1913. Provincial Council building, Wellington. Ref: 1/2-003739-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.
• John Ballance. Ref: 35mm-00095-e-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.
• David Boyle, 7th Earl of Glasgow (1833-1915), Wikimedia Commons
• Henry Smith Fish. Ref: 35mm-00127-a-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. (via Wikimedia Commons)
• Sir John Hall. New Zealand Post and Telegraph Department :Portraits of Members of Parliament and persons associated with the Post and Telegraph Department. Ref: PAColl-3768-4-02. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.
• Morris, John Richard, 1854-1919. Sir Julius Vogel. Youngman bequest :Portrait of Sir Julius Vogel and a photograph of the Osterley (ship). Ref: PAColl-0439-1. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.
• Kate Wilson Sheppard. Ref: 1/2-C-09028-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. (via Wikimedia Commons
• Portrait of Margaret Lorimer. New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives. Ref: PAColl-0785-1-110-006. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.
• Richard John Seddon. Ref: PAColl-0838-1-481. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.
• Kenneth C. Zirkel, A bottle of Old Overholt Straight Rye Whiskey purchased 2016, taken 2017. Wikimedia Commons
• Antigoni. Blank vector map of New Zealand. Wikimedia Commons
• Nada AlYafaei, AE, Flower, The Noun Project
• Harriet Morison (Ministry for Culture and Heritage)
• Sir Robert Stout. S P Andrew Ltd :Portrait negatives. Ref: 1/1-014870-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. (via Wikimedia Commons)
• Women's Suffrage Petition 1893, LE1 1893/7a, Archives New Zealand.
• Suffrage 125 - Whakatu Wahine symbol, Ministry for Women, New Zealand

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