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Daniels, Kay, ed. Australia's women, a documentary history: from a selection of personal letters, diary entries, pamphlets, official records, government and police reports, speeches, and radio talks (2nd ed. U of Queensland Press, 1989) 335pp. The first edition was entitled Uphill all the way : a documentary history of women in Australia (1980).
Mary Lee, an Australian-Irish woman, was influential in garnering support for many women's rights movements in Australia. From 1883 onwards, Lee was involved in the raising of the Age of Consent for girls in Australia from 13 to 16, the founding of The Working Women's Trades Union , and co-founded the Women's Suffrage League , which led to the ...
The Liberal–National government's Second Morrison Ministry reached an historic high of seven women in Cabinet, including Foreign Minister Marise Payne, who previously served as Australia's first female Defence Minister, and became the longest-serving female senator in Australian history, as well as the longest current serving female member of ...
The history of women's rights in Australia is a contradictory one: while Australia led the world in women's suffrage rights in the 19th century, it has been very slow in recognizing women's professional rights – it was not until 1966 that its marriage bar was removed. [140]
US, Louisiana: Married women allowed to own and manage property in their own name during the incapacity of their spouse. [13] 1866. Norway: Unmarried women are given the same rights as men within commerce. [23] Denmark: With the new penal code of 1866, the maximum penalty for abortion was reduced to eight years of penal labor. [72] [73] 1867
Here's the history and meaning behind Women's history month colors: purple, green, white and gold. ... of the women who built America was as vital as that of the men whose names we know so well ...
Australia, Victoria: The Australian state of Victoria passed a bill which decriminalized abortion, making it legally accessible to women in the first 24 weeks of the pregnancy. [182] This was the Abortion Law Reform Act 2008 (Victoria) , and it also abolished the offense of child destruction.
The Country Women's Association (CWA) is a women's organisation in Australia, which seeks to advance interests of women, families, and communities in Australia, especially those in rural, regional, and remote areas. [1] It comprises seven independent State and Territory Associations.