The struggle for woman's political rights By ella_jade 1888 Louisa Lawson founds the newspaper 'The Dawn' to make people aware of woman's issues 1889 Louisa Lawson founds the Dawn Club campaign for women suffrage 1891 The woman's suffrage societies presented the Parliament with a petition with 30000+ votes 1893 New Zealand woman gained the right to vote 1894 Women in South Australia gained the right to vote 1899 Women in Western Australia gained the right to vote 1899 Vida Goldstein became president of the Women's Suffrage League 1902 New South Wales allowed woman to vote 1903 Women in Tasmania earned the right to vote 1905 Women in Queensland were allowed to vote 1908 Victoria finally let women vote 1918 Women in New South Wales were allowed to run for Parliament 1920 Women in Western Australia were allowed to run for Parliament 1921 Women in Tasmania were allowed to run for Parliament 1921 Edith Cowan became Australia's very first member of parliament 1923 Women that were in Victoria were allowed to run in parliament