ILL TREATEDILL TREATEDBy Rajiv GopalBy Rajiv Gopal

Australia in 1901-1914Australia in 1901-1914

Was a time when Was a time when women had very little women had very little amount of rights andamount of rights and

they were very badly they were very badly treated compared to treated compared to how they are now.how they are now.

There was a lady who There was a lady who had a job as a servant had a job as a servant and got treated very and got treated very badly by her employerbadly by her employer

Her name was Her name was Alice PaulAlice Paul

When women got When women got married they had to married they had to quit their jobs and quit their jobs and devote their lives to devote their lives to their families their families

That’s what she did That’s what she did and also got badly and also got badly treated by her treated by her husbandhusband

She did not choose to marry her husband She did not choose to marry her husband ,women had to because it was a economic ,women had to because it was a economic necessity but it was a choice for men necessity but it was a choice for men

She had to rely on her She had to rely on her husband and his little husband and his little power in society power in society ,which brought them ,which brought them the food on the tablethe food on the table

The lady thought that The lady thought that she had to do she had to do something about something about everythingeverything

So she gathered her So she gathered her friends together who friends together who also had the same life also had the same life

They went and They went and gathered other gathered other women that were women that were suffering this type of suffering this type of life life

They held a protest They held a protest which went on for a which went on for a while outside the while outside the presidents residencepresidents residence

The security had The security had come out and started come out and started to arrest anyone in to arrest anyone in the protestthe protest

Alice Paul was Alice Paul was arrested 3 times and arrested 3 times and put in jailput in jail

While she was in jail she went on a hunger While she was in jail she went on a hunger strike strike

But then was force fed for three daysBut then was force fed for three days

But Alice Paul was But Alice Paul was still confident that still confident that they would still be they would still be able to get their rights able to get their rights backback

She had tried a lot of She had tried a lot of things like going to things like going to the prime minister the prime minister herself and talk to himherself and talk to him

Arranged and held Arranged and held several other protest several other protest

She started a lot of She started a lot of women rights women rights organizations and organizations and societies ,also societies ,also petitionspetitions

But the government But the government was still not was still not convinced convinced

But the numbers kept But the numbers kept growing growing

a women's suffrage a women's suffrage petition with 30,000 petition with 30,000 signatures was signatures was presented to the presented to the parliamentparliament

Eventually the Eventually the government had been government had been convinced and convinced and thought that women thought that women should have rights to should have rights to work and live a good work and live a good lifelife

They also demanded They also demanded justice and freedom justice and freedom from a range of from a range of restrictions which restrictions which were limiting their were limiting their lives lives

New Zealand women were the New Zealand women were the first in the world to gain the first in the world to gain the right to vote in the national right to vote in the national election. In 1894 South election. In 1894 South Australian Women were Australian Women were granted the right to vote granted the right to vote followed by Western Australia followed by Western Australia in 1899, NSW in 1902 and in 1899, NSW in 1902 and finally Victoria in 1908. Women finally Victoria in 1908. Women first voted in second Federal first voted in second Federal election in 1903. However, election in 1903. However, women were not eligible for women were not eligible for election to the State election to the State parliaments until the end of the parliaments until the end of the First World War. First World War.

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