In 1902 when New South Wales women celebrated the granting of their right to vote, suffragist Rose Scott told the male politicians present that their names would be remembered "not only in the history of Australia but in that of the world," while the names of the women would be forgotten. Her words have held true for the best part of this century, until the publication of this book. Woman Suffrage in Australia tells the story of the struggle for female enfranchisement from the first stirrings of the movement in 1880, as it gained momentum and South Australian women were given the vote in 1894, to the success of the suffragists' campaigns when the vote was granted in 1902 by the Commonwealth. The author considers the international ramifications of the victory of Australian women in attaining the vote, comparing their struggle with that of the suffragists in America and the United Kingdom, who did not succeed in being granted the vote until 1918 and 1920 respectively.
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An account of the struggle for female voting rights from the first stirrings of the movement in 1880, as it gained momentum and South Australian women were given the vote in 1894, to the success of the suffragists' campaigns when the vote was granted in 1902 by the Commonwealth.
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For those interested in one of the earliest successful movements for women's suffrage, this book is a must. It is the best of the books on the Australian movement for its thoroughness. While there are more "fun" versions of the movements with oral history excerpts, etc., this is the book to turn to as the authoritative work on the subject.
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Any writer on the woman suffrage movement of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries must also be a chronicler of the development of the wider women's movement, for the struggle for the vote brought together disparate groups of activists demanding a political weapon with which to storm the huge edifice of related laws and customs which kept the nineteenth-century woman in a state of legal and economic subservience. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New South Wales, South Australia, Rose Scott, Womanhood Suffrage League, Legislative Council, Western Australia, New Zealand, Vida Goldstein, Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Commonwealth Parliament, Brisbane Courier, United Council, Louisa Lawson, Mary Lee, Legislative Assembly, Elizabeth Nicholls, Lower House, Woman Suffrage Correspondence, Woman's Equal Franchise Association, Sydney Morning Herald, Dora Montefiore, Catherine Helen Spence, Mitchell Library, Annie Lowe, United States New!
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Any writer on the woman suffrage movement of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries must also be a chronicler of the development of the wider women's movement, for the struggle for the vote brought together disparate groups of activists demanding a political weapon with which to storm the huge edifice of related laws and customs which kept the nineteenth-century woman in a state of legal and economic subservience. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New South Wales, South Australia, Rose Scott, Womanhood Suffrage League, Legislative Council, Western Australia, New Zealand, Vida Goldstein, Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Commonwealth Parliament, Brisbane Courier, United Council, Louisa Lawson, Mary Lee, Legislative Assembly, Elizabeth Nicholls, Lower House, Woman Suffrage Correspondence, Woman's Equal Franchise Association, Sydney Morning Herald, Dora Montefiore, Catherine Helen Spence, Mitchell Library, Annie Lowe, United States New!
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