• Entry type: Person
  • Entry ID: AWE3683

Dugdale, Henrietta Augusta

  • Maiden name Worrell, Henrietta
    Former married name Davies, Henrietta
    Married name Dugdale, Henrietta
(1826 – 1918)
  • Occupation Feminist

Summary

Henrietta Dugdale was a pioneer of the women’s movement and a firm believer in equality of the sexes. She was a member of the Eclectic Society and the Australasian Secular Association, and president of the first Victorian Women’s Suffrage Society. Her booklet, A Few Hours in a Far Off Age, was published in 1883 and dedicated to George Higinbotham.

After the death of her first husband, Henrietta married William Dugdale and had three children. Her third marriage was to Frederick Johnson, about 1905.

Events

  • 2001

    Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women

Published resources

  • Resource
  • Edited Book
    • 200 Australian Women: A Redress Anthology, Radi, Heather, 1988
    • Rebels and Radicals, Fry, Eric, 1983
  • Pamphlet
    • A Few Hours in a Far Off Age, Dugdale, Henrietta Augusta, 1883
  • Book
    • They Are But Women: The Road to Female Suffrage in Victoria, School of Historical Studies, University of Melbourne, 2007
  • Resource Section
  • Site Exhibition

Related entries


  • Presided
    • The Victorian Women's Suffrage Society (1884 - 1908)
  • Related Concepts
    • Women in Politics