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The women of Queensland were granted the right to vote in 1905. The first examples of Australian feminism occurred during the mid 1800s to 1900. The early movement mostly concerned the applications of basic human rights to women, including the right to vote, the right to stand for parliamentary election, and protection from sexual exploitation.
The first was the Victorian Women's Suffrage Society, was formed by Henrietta Dugdale in 1884. The organisations involved in the suffrage movement varied across the colonies. A national body, the Australian Women's Suffrage Society, was formed in 1889, whose aims were to educate women and men about a woman's right to vote and stand for parliament.
Pages in category "Women's organisations based in Australia" The following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
For love or money: a pictorial history of women and work in Australia (Penguin Books, 1983) Moreton-Robinson, Aileen. Talkin'up to the white woman: Aboriginal women and feminism (Univ. of Queensland Press, 2000) Ryan, Edna and Anne Conlon. Gentle Invaders: Australian Women at Work (Melbourne: Penguin, 1975).
Australian women's rights activists (1 C, 95 P) ... Pages in category "Australian feminists" The following 127 pages are in this category, out of 127 total.
The Women's League was one of several N.S.W. organisations affiliated with the Australian Equal Citizenship Federation, the others being the Feminist Club, the Women's Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.), and the Women's Union of Service.
The Society was less overtly feminist than its Sydney counterpart The Society of Women Painters (later named Women’s Industrial Arts Society) which was founded in 1910 in reaction to the discrimination of male-dominated juries of art institutions and societies. [2]
Its main purpose was to change the understanding of the role of women in the Australian church and society by raising awareness of Christian feminist issues. [1] [5] As part of its 1988 goal, WATAC sought 'an ongoing development of feminist theology, appropriately related to the Australian context'. [6]