How Women Won the Vote

Description

Australia was the fist country in the world to grant full political rights to women. In this film, historian Dr. Clare Wright traces the fight for women's suffrage in Australia. Years ahead of Britain and the U.S., some Australian women were voting as early as 1838 but the struggle to bring the vote to all women in the country was long and hard. Learn more about this little known story in the history of democracy.

Runtime

53 min

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Date of Publication

[2013], c2011

Database

Films on Demand

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