WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE PETITION 1891
This petition was tabled in the Victorian Parliament in September 1891. It sought to gain the right to vote for all Victorian women. Nearly 30,000 signatures were collected by a dedicated group who went door to door throughout the colony. The original petition is 260 metres long and 200mm wide. It can be viewed on line here
Local women who signed the petition were:
From Yarra Glen
Alice Albert, Mary Albert, Mrs H Armstrong, Mrs H Arnold, M Barfields, Ellen Borg, Mary A Fleming, Mary E Gurney, Mrs A J Hansen, Mrs Hargreaves, E J Hargreaves, Urina Hargreaves, Mary Jell, M Laisburry (sp?), Amy Lord, Mrs J Masters, M Mitcheson, Mary Morris, Mrs W Pirie, Mrs J Pretty, Mrs A J Smedley, Ellen Smedley, Mrs H Smedley, Mrs I Smedley, H Smith, Mrs R Sutton, Mrs J Tonge, Emily M Wilson,
From Dixons Creek
Elizabeth Taylor
From Pauls Creek
Sarah Lorimer
From Steels Creek
Mrs Brudenell, Miss Nellie Brudenell, Miss A Hargreaves, Mrs T K Hargreaves, Mrs M B Hubbard, Mrs A Hunt, Mrs Reiley, Miss E E Reiley,
