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Women's Rights Presentation About The Suffragist Movement..
Women's Rights Presentation About The Suffragist Movement..
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Suffragettes
✘ Suffragettes are woman seeking the right to vote
through organised protests
✘ Many suffrgaettes fought for the right to vote
throughout Australia’s history
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Famous Suffragettes
Alice Henry Margaret Tucker
Alice Henry was interested Taken from her mother at the
in politics from childhood. age of 12, Margaret Tucker
She developed a passion for was part of the Stolen
justice, women’s rights, Generation. She became
democracy and equality, and treasurer of the Victorian
she decided to devote herself Aborigines League in 1932,
to those causes. one of the earliest
Indigenous activist groups.
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Why women are rejected
People (men) thought that women were too emotional and not smart
enough to be interested or even understand politics. Women were
also made to do all the house work and were not even allowed to go
to school and have an education.
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A picture is worth a
thousand words
In 1894, Women won the right, after
three unsuccessful attempts, to vote
in SA, WA in 1899 and NSW in
1902.
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Today, women and
females still
experience sexist
behaviour and some
people are still
stepping up for that,
however, the
suffragette movement
has long ended.
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