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The National Council of Women of Australia (NWA) is an Australian organisation founded in 1931. The council is an umbrella organisation with which are affiliated seven State and Territory National Councils of Women. It is non-party political, non-sectarian, volunteer organisation and open to all women.
Brookes was first elected to the executive of the National Council of Women of Victoria in 1912. She was re-elected to the executive in 1934, then elected vice-president in 1936 and president in 1938. She was one of the Australian delegates at the International Council of Women's 50th
While her children were young, Moss began to campaign for the rights of women and served as vice-president of the Australian Women's National League in 1906–14, during that time she actively campaigned in Victoria for women's suffrage. She was a member of the National Council of Women of Victoria from its formation in 1904.
Helen Elizabeth Gillan (1873 – 30 October 1955) was an Australian voluntary worker and social reformer associated with the National Council of Women of Australia.She was associated with the NCW's celebration of 100 years of pioneer women in Victoria and leading the organisation of 30,000 volunteer women in Victoria during the second world war.
She sat for many years on the council's executive committee, working on subcommittees for improving prison conditions for women, and to establish the Talbot Epileptic Colony. [1] She was convenor of the Women's Centenary Council, established by the National Council of Women to research the contribution of Victoria's pioneer women. [2]
Women have had the right to vote in Victoria, Australia since 1908 and the right to stand as a candidate for the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 1923. The first successful female candidate for the Legislative Assembly was Millie Peacock , who was elected as a United Australia Party member for Allandale in a by-election in 1933, but she ...
She was among the founders of the Victorian section of the National Council of Women of Australia in 1902, and served as its honorary secretary 1911-1915 and 1921–1926. She was involved in the founding of the Bush Nursing Association of Victoria, and sat on its council representing the Victorian Medical Women's Society .
In 1902, she helped in establishing the National Council of Women of Victoria, which advocated for juvenile courts and police matrons, in addition to women's suffrage. [1] She was also involved in her local Collins Street Baptist Church, where she taught Bible classes for young women. [6]