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You are a woman living in Australia at the turn of the 20th century and are involved in the suffragette movement. Describe your current status and how you would go about achieving change. In your response include information on political rights; legal rig

My name is Vida Goldstein and I am the editor of this new weekly newsletter. I am currently the president of Women’s Suffrage League. I am also the founder of Women’s Political Association of Victoria and the leader of Victorian Campaign. I was also the editor for Australian Women’s Sphere.

I believe strongly that women should have equal rights as men. In 1890, I was involved in collecting 33,000 signatures for a giant petition with mt fellow suffragettes and presented it to the Victorian Government. I campaigned vigoriouly together with Annette Bear-Crawford for women’s franchise, equal laws and treatment for all Australian women.

Only recently, even though our state had the first suffrage activity, we have been granted the right to vote in State elections. But we still suffer from an inequality of rights and laws. The fact that a married woman’s whole life is totally controlled, both physically and mentally, by her father or her husband is just utterly unjust a...

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