Cambridge was founded in 1864. The campaign for women’s rights began in 1869 when Mary Muller of Nelson published an appeal for women’s rights including the right to vote. In 1893 (24 years later) there were 225 Cambridge women registered on the electoral roll. The Waikato Times reports in 1893: –

“The Cambridge ladies took a big hand in the elections; nearly all that were on the roll exercising the newly acquired privilege”. Cambridge museum