Ada Wells (née Pike, 29 April 1863 – 22 March 1933) was an English-born New Zealand feminist and social worker.

Jul 2, 2024 · Ada Wells worked tirelessly to achieve equality and economic independence for women. She is best remembered for her contribution to the women’s suffrage campaign in the …

Ada Wells was also active in the campaign to amend the electoral law to enable women to be elected to Parliament. In 1917 she stood as a Labour candidate and became the first woman …

Ada Wells née Pike (29 April 1863 – 22 March 1933) was a feminist and social worker in New Zealand. Wells worked as a student-teacher and attended Canterbury College. In the 1880s …

May 2, 2017 · Reported on in the Maoriland Worker, 25 April 1917, the successful election of Ada Wells to the Christchurch City Council was “looked upon as certain” due to speeches like that …

Ada Wells had always held strong beliefs on women’s rights and the suffrage campaign enabled her to put her theories into action. While Kate Sheppard provided a public face to the cause, …

Ada Wells made history when she was elected as a councillor of the Christchurch City Council in 1917, the first woman to achieve this.

WELLS, ADA (1863-1933) was born in England, and came to New Zealand in the Merope at the age of 10. She was educated at Avonside school for girls, Christchurch, where she profited …

As a tireless campaigner for women’s equality and economic independence, Ada is well-known for her contribution to the suffrage movement of the 1880s and 90s where she worked closely …

Ada Wells was one of the first two women members of the Canterbury Hospital Board, the second woman to sit on the Charitable Aid Board, and, in 1917, she became the first woman elected …