Strenuous work: the campaign for Women's Suffrage in South Australia. Episode 2

In this episode we’ll hear from men and women on both sides of the female suffrage debate. We’ll meet a few of the heroes and villains of the day, and those who were neither, but held very definite opinions.

On the 18th of December 1894 the South Australian Parliament passed the Constitutional Amendment (Adult Suffrage) Act giving women the right to vote, and also to stand for parliament. Queen Victoria signed the legislation on 21 March 1895

This meant that South Australia was the first place in the world to give equal political rights to both women and men.

Production Credits:

Produced by Peter Kolomitsev, State Library of South Australia
Script and narration by Isabel Story, State Library of South Australia.

Voices: Neil Charter, Julia Creane, Chris Dalton, Mark Gilbert, Sherron Hunter, Sharon Morris, Peter Kolomitsev, Anne-Marie Sinclair, Carolyn Spooner, and Kris Svendsen - State Library of South Australia

Sound design by Peter Kolomitsev, State Library of South Australia.

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