It was written by Sir Julius Vogel ( 1835-1899) , a liberal-minded New Zealand statesman , who championed women's rights and in l887 introduced the first women's Suffrage Bill to Parliament .
In 1893 New Zealand became the first nation in the world to grant voting rights to women.
Anno Domini 2000 ; or Woman's destiny, which influenced the cause, first came out in a colonial edition of 2000 ,followed soon after by a British issue of l500.
The story follows the fortunes of its female protagonist, young New Zealand woman Hilda Fitzherbert, Undersecretary for Home Affairs in the Imperial Federation (an imagined version of the British Empire in the year 2000); her nemesis is the Australian republican arch-villain, Sir Reginald Paramatta.
From a London Jewish family, Vogel studied chemistry and metallurgy at the Royal School of Mines and emigrated to Australia in l852 during the goldrush ,where he worked as an editor on several goldfield newspapers.
He moved to New Zealand in l861, started a newspaper , got involved in politics and served as premier of NZ in 1873-5. During his political career he also worked for reconcilation with the Maori people.
The book is in the latest list from Douglas Stewart Fine Books ,Melbourne, for $1000 . There is an owner inscription of Melbourne bibliophile Herbert George Fricker (1887-1951).
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