Before the Anzacs and Gallipoli another Australian campaign claimed the attention of the world.

Australian white women won the right to vote and to stand for parliament.

The leaders of the Australian campaign then travelled to England to support their British sisters.

They carried a message from the colonies: “Trust the Women Mother, As I have Done.”

Recorded 17 October 2018 The Dymphna Clark Lecture :You daughters of freedom: the Australians who won the vote and inspired the world.

Speaker

Clare Wright author and Associate Professor of History Latrobe University