Kate Sheppard
E169540
Kate Sheppard was a leading New Zealand suffragist who played a pivotal role in securing women's right to vote, making New Zealand the first self-governing country to grant universal female suffrage.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kate Sheppard canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1439481 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kate Sheppard Context triple: [women's suffrage movement, hasKeyFigure, Kate Sheppard]
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A.
Millicent Fawcett
Millicent Fawcett was a leading British suffragist and feminist campaigner who played a central role in securing women’s right to vote in the United Kingdom.
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B.
Emmeline Pankhurst
Emmeline Pankhurst was a leading British political activist and suffragette who played a pivotal role in securing women’s right to vote in the United Kingdom.
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C.
Elizabeth Ann Goodwin
Elizabeth Ann Goodwin was the mother of Canadian physician and humanitarian Norman Bethune.
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D.
Florence Amery
Florence Amery was the mother of British Conservative politician Julian Amery and a member of the prominent Amery family connected to early 20th-century British public life.
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E.
Carrie Chapman Catt
Carrie Chapman Catt was a prominent American suffragist and peace activist who led the campaign for women’s right to vote and served as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kate Sheppard Target entity description: Kate Sheppard was a leading New Zealand suffragist who played a pivotal role in securing women's right to vote, making New Zealand the first self-governing country to grant universal female suffrage.
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A.
Millicent Fawcett
Millicent Fawcett was a leading British suffragist and feminist campaigner who played a central role in securing women’s right to vote in the United Kingdom.
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B.
Emmeline Pankhurst
Emmeline Pankhurst was a leading British political activist and suffragette who played a pivotal role in securing women’s right to vote in the United Kingdom.
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C.
Elizabeth Ann Goodwin
Elizabeth Ann Goodwin was the mother of Canadian physician and humanitarian Norman Bethune.
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D.
Florence Amery
Florence Amery was the mother of British Conservative politician Julian Amery and a member of the prominent Amery family connected to early 20th-century British public life.
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E.
Carrie Chapman Catt
Carrie Chapman Catt was a prominent American suffragist and peace activist who led the campaign for women’s right to vote and served as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New Zealander
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person ⓘ suffragist ⓘ women's rights activist ⓘ |
| advocatedFor |
equal political rights for women and men
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social and legal reforms benefiting women and children ⓘ universal female suffrage ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1847-03-10 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Liverpool, Lancashire, England
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surface form:
Liverpool, England
|
| burialPlace | Addington Cemetery, Christchurch ⓘ |
| citizenshipChange | emigrated from the United Kingdom to New Zealand in the 1860s ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
Kate Sheppard National Memorial in Christchurch
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New Zealand Suffrage Centennial 1993 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | New Zealand ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1934-07-13 ⓘ |
| depictedOn |
New Zealand dollar
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surface form:
New Zealand ten-dollar banknote
|
| era | late 19th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Sheppard ⓘ |
| fullName | Katherine Wilson Sheppard ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName |
Kathryn
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surface form:
Katherine
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| hasMonument | statue on Oxford Terrace, Christchurch ⓘ |
| honor | New Zealand Hall of Fame for Women ⓘ |
| ideology | liberal feminism ⓘ |
| influenced | women's suffrage movements in other countries ⓘ |
| keyEvent | New Zealand Electoral Act 1893 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legacy | considered a national heroine of New Zealand ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
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surface form:
Women's Christian Temperance Union New Zealand
|
| movement |
women's suffrage movement
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surface form:
first-wave feminism
women's suffrage movement ⓘ |
| nationality | British-born New Zealander ⓘ |
| notableFor |
helping make New Zealand the first self-governing country to grant women the right to vote
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leading the campaign for women's suffrage in New Zealand ⓘ |
| occupation |
social reformer
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temperance advocate ⓘ |
| organized | nationwide suffrage petition in New Zealand ⓘ |
| petitionSize | over 25,000 signatures ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Christchurch, New Zealand ⓘ |
| positionHeld | national superintendent of the franchise department, WCTU NZ ⓘ |
| presentedTo | New Zealand Parliament ⓘ |
| religion | Congregationalist ⓘ |
| residence | Christchurch, New Zealand ⓘ |
| role | leader of the New Zealand women's suffrage campaign ⓘ |
| spouse |
Walter Allen Sheppard
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William Sidney Lovell-Smith ⓘ |
| subjectOf | numerous biographies and historical studies on New Zealand suffrage ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Kate Sheppard Description of subject: Kate Sheppard was a leading New Zealand suffragist who played a pivotal role in securing women's right to vote, making New Zealand the first self-governing country to grant universal female suffrage.
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