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Topic : Suffrage

In this topic you will learn...

Chapter 1 : The voting rights of various groups

Chapter 2 : How women achieved the vote

Groups such as the Victorian Women's Suffrage Society organised numerous campaigns
The suffragettes believed that their female perspective would ensure the protection of women, children and the poor
Both men and women opposed suffragettes out of the belief that they were unsuitable for politics
South Australia was the first colony to grant adult female citizens the right to vote and to stand for election
Parliament felt compelled to give all non-Indigenous adult women the vote in federal elections, since some women already had a State vote

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