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Flashcards by matildaknight, updated more than 1 year ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Assumption | Something an author assumes is true and doesn't try to prove otherwise |
| When did Britain women gain the vote? | In 1918 30 year old British women gained the vote. It wasn't until 1921 (ten years later) when 21 year old women could vote. |
| Democracy | A system of government by the whole population, typically through elected representatives |
| Dependant | A person who relied on another, especially a family member, for financial support |
| Edith Cowan | First woman in Australia to stand for parliament and be elected |
| Egalitarianism | The belief in equal political, economic, social and civil rights for all people |
| Election | The formal process by which voters choose their political representatives |
| When did equal pay occur in Australia? | 1967 |
| Federal | The highest level of government in Australia; another word for Commonwealth |
| Federation | The act by which the six Australian colonies joined together and became independent of Britain in 1901. |
| Feminism | Advocating social, political and all other rights of women equal to those of men. |
| First Wave Feminism | The type of feminism associated with voting rights for women. |
| Franchise | A right granted by the government, especially the right to vote; a synonym for suffrage |
| Generalisation | A conclusion or set of principles that has general application; formed by observing specific facts |
| Militant | Aggressive and combative in support of a political or social cause. |
| Monster Petition | A petition containing 30,000 signatures requesting women’s suffrage and tabled to Victorian parliament in 1891 |
| When did New Zealand receive the vote? | 1893 |
| Petition | A formal written request, typically signed by many people, with respect to a particular cause |
| Protest | A statement or action expressing disapproval or objection to something |
| When did Queensland receive the vote? | 1905 |
| Respectable | Regarded by society as being good, proper or correct. |
| Second Wave Feminism | The type of feminism associated with women’s liberation. |
| When did South Australia receive the vote? | 1894 |
| State | The second level of government in South Australia |
| Stereotype | Oversimplified conception, opinion or image that is attributed to individuals or groups |
| Submission | The act of accepting or yielding to the will or authority of another person |
| Suffrage | The right to vote in a political election |
| Suffragette | a woman seeking the right to vote through organised activities such as protest |
| Third wave feminism | Moving gender stereotypes and increasing woman’s power over their own live especially in the reproduction area |
| Universal Suffrage | The right to vote for all people |
| Why did Universal Suffrage occur? | Universal Suffrage occurred because many people believed and still believe that everyone should have the right to vote and not be discriminated by age, sex, race, religion or colour |
| The "perfect" woman | - Dressed well - Doesn't work - Is dependant on husband - Housewife - Has poise and grace - Always has to please her husband - Gives everything to her husband - Takes husbands name - Has no custody over land, children and belongings |
| Why the movement of suffrage occurred | Suffrage in Australia occurred because women wanted to be equal to men and have their say on what goes on in their own country |
| What did women do to gain suffrage | - Smashed windows - Sent snuff to politicians - Threatened to bomb landmarks - Protested - Ran out in front of a horse (EWD) - Chained themselves to fences, bar tables and cars |
| Vida Goldstein | - First woman in British Empire to stand for election - Protested for women's rights - Speaker, writer and campaigner - War pacifist - Formed Woman's Peace Army - Devoted courageous woman |
| Rose Scott | - Social Reformer - Key figure in turn of century movement - Partaker of Universal Suffrage and treatment of women - Help form Women's Literary Society and Womanhood Suffrage League - Secretary National Council Woman |
| Bessie Rischbeith | - Vice President of Women's service guilds - Feminist - Social Activist - Founder Children's Protection Society - 1st woman in Justice of the Peace - Stopped Olympic swimming pool being built by wading into the river |
| Catherine Helen Spence | - Important in Australia's development - Doesn't get recognition she deserves - Published first Australian book written by woman - Vice President of Women Suffrage League |
| Jessie Street | - Labor Candidate - Co-founded NSW Hygiene Association - World peace council - Lobbied for women's rights |
| Slippery Slope Theory | Beginning with a small argument | | | | Leading to a big argument that is bad/wrong |
| Pankhursts | - Emmeline Pankhurst - Christabel Pankhurst - Sylvia Pankhurst |
| Emmeline Pankhurst | - a leading British women's rights activist, who led the movement to win the right for women to vote. - Founder of Women's Social and Political Union - Arrested many times - Force fed |
| Christabel Pankhurst | - Co founded Women's Social and Political Union - Supporter of war - Helped move the suffrage movement in England |
| Sylvia Pankhurst | - Full time worker for WSPU - Interest in Labour movement - Argued with WSPU because it was directing itself towards middle class instead of working - Pacifist - Quit Suffraging because of suffragettes war efforts |
| Emily Wilding Davison | - Stepped out in front of King's Horse on 1913 - Only martyr for Suffragettes - Force-fed 49 times - Died three days after accident |
| Louisa Lawson | - Mother of Henry Lawson - Founded the Dawn newspaper - Newspaper to make awareness of the rights for women - Founded Dawn Club - Club to campaign for women's suffrage |
| Australian Women's Sphere | - A magazine published by Vida Goldstein - Victorian - To communicate the treating of women |
| Cat and Mouse Act | An act enforced by British government that allows huger striking suffragettes out of jail until she grows strong again and then re-arrests her. Then it repeats |
| What changed and what stayed the same in Australia and England | -Women in the workforce rose - Women became more educated - New waves of Feminism were introduced |
| Enfranchise | To grant the right to vote |
| disenfranchise | To deprive a person from the right to vote |
| When were women able to vote in federal elections? | 1902 |
| When did first wave feminism start | 1860's |
| When did second wave feminism begin | 1960's |
| When did third wave feminism start | 1990's |
| Spinster | Modern day bachelorette |
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