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Women's Enfranchisement
Description
In 1894 South Australian women became the first group of women in Australia to win the right to vote and to stand for parliament on the same terms as men. During their campaign, the Women's Suffrage League had presented a petition signed by over 11,000 women and men to the South Australian parliament. Other colonies followed South Australia's lead. In 1902, women in all states were given the right to vote in federal elections. Victorian women were last to win the right in state elections in 1908.
Feminist
Mrs Mary A. Lee
Prominant feminist of the Franchise movement
Associated place
Adelaide, SA, Australia
Women in South Australia became the first to receive the vote
Associated date
1894
Women in South Australia received the vote in 1894
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