Margaret Bullock

Margaret Bullock , also known as Tua-o-rangi, (4 January 184517 June 1903) was a New Zealand journalist, writer, feminist and social reformer.

Biography Although there is little known about Margaret Bullock's early life, at age 24 she married George Bullock, a warehouse-man, on 10 February 1869 in Auckland. After eight years of marriage and the birth of five children, Margaret Bullock became a widow when her husband George died at sea aboard the May Queen in 1877. in 1894.

In 1902, Margaret Bullock was diagnosed with cancer and was forced to withdraw from political activism and retired from many of her suffrage organisations and committees. At the age of 57, Bullock died from cancer on 17 June 1903 at her home in Wanganui.

Political activism In 1893, Bullock founded the Wanganui Women's Franchise League, which worked towards getting the vote for women. Bullock was the vice president of the organisation since its establishment, and eventually served as president from 1893 to 1897. Unlike other prominent suffragists at the time, Bullock was not supportive of the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), but continued to fight for equal rights and equal pay within Wanganui.