Portrait of the two ladies shows Miss Spence standing with her mother seated. Both are wearing full Victorian dress with caps. [On back of photograph] 'Catherine Helen Spence and her mother Helen Brodie Spence / Estate late L.C.E. Gee'.

Catherine Helen Spence was a standing South Australian suffragist, author, journalist and lecturer. The Spence family came to South Australia in 1839.

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