• Entry type: Organisation
  • Entry ID: AWE6501

Victorian Women Citizens’ Movement

(From 1922 – 1945)

Summary

The Victorian Women Citizens’ Movement was established in 1922 for the purpose of lobbying for women’s right to stand for the Victorian Parliament.

In August 1945, the League of Women Electors, the Victorian Women Citizens’ Movement and Women for Canberra merged to become the League of Women Voters.

Archival resources

  • State Library of Victoria
    • Records, [manuscript].

Related entries


  • Subsequent
    • League of Women Voters Victoria (1945 - )
  • Affiliated
    • Australian Federation of Women Voters (1921 - 1982)
  • Related Women
    • Glencross, Eleanor (1876 - 1950)
    • Lyons, Margaret Anne (Gretta) (1869 - 1923)
    • Wheaton, Amy Grace (1898 - 1988)
  • Presided
    • Jones, Edith Emily (1875 - 1952)
  • Related Concepts
    • Women's Non-party Political Organisations

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