Katherine Wilson Sheppard
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Katherine Wilson 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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| Katherine Wilson Sheppard canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7352657 — 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: Katherine Wilson Sheppard Context triple: [Kate Sheppard, fullName, Katherine Wilson Sheppard]
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A.
Catherine Lee Tobin Wright
Catherine Lee Tobin Wright was the mother of American architect Lloyd Wright and a member of the extended Wright family associated with Frank Lloyd Wright.
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B.
Lucy Burns
Lucy Burns was a prominent American suffragist and political activist who co-founded the National Woman's Party and played a key role in securing women's right to vote in the United States.
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C.
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.
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D.
Anna Howard Shaw
Anna Howard Shaw was a prominent American suffragist, physician, and Methodist minister who played a leading role in the women’s rights movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Harriet Brackett Spence Lowell
Harriet Brackett Spence Lowell was the mother of American poet and critic James Russell Lowell and a member of the prominent Lowell family of New England.
- 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: Katherine Wilson Sheppard Target entity description: Katherine Wilson 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.
Catherine Lee Tobin Wright
Catherine Lee Tobin Wright was the mother of American architect Lloyd Wright and a member of the extended Wright family associated with Frank Lloyd Wright.
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B.
Lucy Burns
Lucy Burns was a prominent American suffragist and political activist who co-founded the National Woman's Party and played a key role in securing women's right to vote in the United States.
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C.
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.
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D.
Anna Howard Shaw
Anna Howard Shaw was a prominent American suffragist, physician, and Methodist minister who played a leading role in the women’s rights movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Harriet Brackett Spence Lowell
Harriet Brackett Spence Lowell was the mother of American poet and critic James Russell Lowell and a member of the prominent Lowell family of New England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New Zealander
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human ⓘ suffragist ⓘ women's rights activist ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Women's Christian Temperance Union New Zealand
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linked to:
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
|
| alsoKnownAs | Kate Sheppard ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Addington Cemetery, Christchurch ⓘ |
| causeAdvocated |
legal and social equality for women
ⓘ
women's right to vote ⓘ |
| citizenship | British subject ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Year 1993
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linked to:
New Zealand Suffrage Centennial 1993
|
| countryOfBirth | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | New Zealand ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | New Zealand ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1847-03-10 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1934-07-13 ⓘ |
| era |
19th century
ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Sheppard ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Katherine ⓘ |
| hasHonor |
Kate Sheppard National Memorial
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depicted on the New Zealand ten-dollar note ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | national icon of New Zealand women's suffrage ⓘ |
| impact | contributed to passage of the Electoral Act 1893 in New Zealand ⓘ |
| influenced |
New Zealand electoral reform
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linked to:
New Zealand electoral system
international women's suffrage movements ⓘ |
| knownFor |
lobbying New Zealand Parliament for women's voting rights
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organizing petitions for women's suffrage in New Zealand ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| livedIn |
Christchurch
ⓘ
linked to:
Christchurch, New Zealand
New Zealand ⓘ |
| movement |
first-wave feminism
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women's suffrage movement ⓘ |
| nationality | New Zealander ⓘ |
| notableFor |
helping make New Zealand the first self-governing country to grant women the right to vote
ⓘ
leading the campaign for women's suffrage in New Zealand ⓘ |
| occupation |
political activist
ⓘ
suffrage campaigner ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Liverpool ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Christchurch
ⓘ
linked to:
Christchurch, New Zealand
|
| positionHeld | leader of the New Zealand women's suffrage movement ⓘ |
| religion |
Presbyterianism
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linked to:
Presbyterian
|
| residence |
Christchurch
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linked to:
Christchurch, New Zealand
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| spouse |
Walter Allen Sheppard
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William Sidney Lovell-Smith ⓘ |
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