• Entry type: Organisation
  • Entry ID: AWE6463

Womanhood Suffrage League of New South Wales

(From 1891 – )
  • Occupation Political organisation, Women's Rights Organisation

Summary

The Womanhood Suffrage League of New South Wales was formed out of the Women’s Literary Society in 1891. The League led the fight for women’s suffrage in New South Wales.

Archival resources

  • Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection
    • [Pamphlets relating to Australian women's suffrage]
  • National Archives of Australia, National Office, Canberra
    • Adelaide, Petition No 2. In favour of equal voting rights for both sexes in elections for Federal Parliaments. From Women's Suffrage League of New South Wales.

Related entries


  • Related Concepts
    • Woman Suffrage
  • Related Women
    • Scott, Rose (1847 - 1925)
    • Pottie, Eliza (1836 - 1907)
    • Martel, Ellen Alma (1855 - 1940)
    • Montefiore, Dorothy Frances (1851 - 1933)
  • Membership
    • Fry, Edith (1858 - 1940)
    • Renwick, Elizabeth (1842 - 1918)
  • Related Organisations
    • Women's Literary Society (1889 - 1929)
    • Women's Progressive Association (1901 - )
  • Member
    • Lawson, Louisa (1848 - 1920)
    • Dwyer, Catherine Winifred (Kate) (1861 - 1949)
    • Anderson, Maybanke Susannah (1845 - 1927)
    • Golding, Annie Mackenzie (1855 - 1934)
    • Golding, Isabella Theresa (Belle) (1864 - 1940)
    • Macdonald, Louisa (1858 - 1949)
    • McNamara, Matilda Emilie Bertha (1853 - 1931)
  • Presided
    • Windeyer, Mary Elizabeth (1836 - 1912)
    • Anderson, Maybanke Susannah (1845 - 1927)
  • Foundation Member
    • Windeyer, Margaret (Margy) (1866 - 1939)

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