VIDA GOLDSTEIN

Researched by Alex Hazell and John Jessop

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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION.....................................1

HER EARLY LIFE.................................2

THE RIGHTS GOLDSTEIN FOUGHT FOR...3

DIFFICULTIES SHE OVERCAME.............4

HER ACHIEVEMENTS................................5

MEN AGREED TO LET WOMEN VOTE..6

TIME LINE.................................................7

GLOSSARY....................................................8

INDEX...........................................................9

BIBLIOGRAPHY.........................................10

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INTRODUCTIONTHIS IS THE STORY OF A

SIMPLE WOMAN CALLED VIDA GOLDSTEIN WHO CHANGED

THE LIVES OF WOMEN FOREVER.SHE CHANGED THE

RIGHTS OF AUSTRALIANS, IRISH AND ENGLISH WOMEN.

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Vida Goldstein’s Fight for Women’s RightsWOMENS’ LIVES WERE QUITE HARD DURING THE 1800S

AND THE EARLY 1900S. IT WAS HARD FOR WOMEN TO GO TO UNIVERSITY. MEN HAD ALL THE POWER, RIGHTS AND WERE ALLOWED TO VOTE ANYTIME, WOMEN HAD VERY FEW RIGHTS. THEY HAD TO HAVE A HUSBAND TO

HAVE A HOUSE, AND IF THE HUSBAND WAS VIOLENT AGAINST THE WIFE THE LAW WOULDN’T PROTECT

THEM.

-Vida selling news papers on the streets

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THE RIGHTS GOLDSTEIN FOUGHT FOR

VIDA FOUGHT TO GET MORE RIGHTS FOR AUSSIE, ENGLISH AND

IRISH WOMEN. SHE FOUGHT FOR WOMEN TO GET A GOOD JOB,

SO WOMEN COULD VOTE, SHE FOUGHT FOR BASIC WAGE AND IN

1907 THE COURT DECIDED TO USE GOLDSTEIN’S IDEA FOR THE

BASIC WAGE. SHE BELIEVED IF WOMEN COULD VOTE, THEY

COULD GET INTO PARLIAMENT AND COULD MAKE LAWS FAIRER.

Two ladies holding up a sign for

womens’ rights to vote

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VIDA EXPERIENCED MANY PROBLEMS WHICH SHE OVERCAME. MEN STOOD

AGAINST VIDA AND OTHER WOMEN, BUT THEY STOOD FIRM AND WON. THIS WAS

DONE THROUGH LETTERS AND PROTESTS.

DIFFICULTIES GOLDSTEIN OVERCAME

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HER ACHIEVEMENTSVIDA ACHIEVED A LOT OF THINGS WHICH WAS DIFFICULT

BEING A LADY. SHE WAS THE FIRST LADY TO VOTE IN A

FEDERAL ELECTION IN AUSTRALIA. SHE HELPED WOMEN GET RIGHTS AND MOST OF ALL SHE LET WOMEN

VOTE. SHE WAS AMAZING BECAUSE SHE ACHIEVED SO MUCH IN HER LIFE!

-Vida standing with some suffragetes in London,England. She is standing on the right side

on the end

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MEN AGREED TO LET WOMEN VOTE

1902 WAS AN AMAZING YEAR FOR VIDA AND OTHER WOMEN.IT WAS THE TIME WHEN MEN AGREED TO LET WOMEN HAVE RIGHTS AND VOTE! WOMEN WERE ALLOWED TO VOTE IN ELECTIONS, GO

AND WORK IN DIFFERENT JOBS, HAVE A HOUSE ANYTIME AND THE LAW BETTER PROTECTED THEM.

-women protesting on the streetsSunday, 6 July 14

PRIMARY SOURCES

-VIDA’S SKULL

-A NOTE SIGNED BY VIDA

GOLDSTEIN

-VIDA’S GRAVE OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT HOUSE

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TIMELINE

1869 Mrs Harrid Dugdale writes to news papers calling for womens rights to vote

1884 The Victorian womens suffrage society is started

1891 The ‘Monster petition’ is presented to the Victorian parliament

1894 South Australia gives votes to women, plus the right to stand for election

1899 Western Australian women get the right to vote

1902 Australian women,but not indigeneous Australians get the right to vote and stand for election, also New South Whales women get the vote

1903 Tasmanian women get the vote. Vida Goldstein becomes the first women in Australia to stand for election

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GLOSSARY• ELECTION election is when someone gets voted on

to into parliament.

• FOUGHT fought means to battle or protest against a certain event or to fight with someone.

• JUDGE judges are people of parties who decide punishments and laws

• PARLIAMENT parliament is when political parties make new laws and where the govenrment goes to work.

• OVERCAME overcame means when you complete something you are having trouble with.

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INDEX

Allowed 4

ALOT 5

AUSSIE 3-4

lives 3

LADY 7

RIGHTS 3-4-5

WOMEN 4-5

OVERCAME 4

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

REFERENCE:GUILE,M STORIES FROM AUSTRALIA’S HISTORY- VIDA GOLDSTEIN’S FIGHT FOR WOMENS RIGHTS;[2010] MACMILLAN PUBLISHERS AUSTRALIA,AUSTRALIA.

REFERENCE:WIKIPEDIA,THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA,1ST OF JULY,2014,EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/

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