Womens Status and Rights in the 20th Century

Women convicts transported to Australia

1788

http://www.liverpoolwomenshealth.org.au/women/timeline.html

Married Women’s Property Act, South Australia: allowed married women to own property

1883

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Victorian Women's Suffrage Society

Period: 1884 to 1908

The Victorian Women's Suffage Society was founded in 1884 largely due to the efforts of Henrietta Dugdale and Annie Lowe.

The Dawn Newspaper

Period: 1889 to 1906

http://www.liverpoolwomenshealth.org.au/women/timeline.html#top

Commonwealth of Franchise Act

1902

Suffragette Magazine

Period: 1903 to 1933

https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2018/02/01/suffragette-newspapers/

International Women’s Day founded in the USA

1908

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Enid Lyons becomes the first woman elected to Federal Lower House of Parliament.

1945

She was also re-elected in 1946 and 1949
http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/lyons-dame-enid-muriel-14392
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First female president of the Law Institute

1991

http://www.liverpoolwomenshealth.org.au/women/timeline.html