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Vida Jane Goldstein (1869–1949) Vida Jane Mary Goldstein (1869-1949), feminist and suffragist, was born on 13 April 1869 at Portland, Victoria, eldest child of Jacob Robert Yannasch Goldstein and his wife Isabella, née Hawkins. Jacob, born at Cork, Ireland, on 10 March 1839 of Polish, Jewish and Irish stock, arrived in Victoria in 1858 and ...
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Vida Goldstein. Vida Jane Mary Goldstein (pron. / ˈvaɪdəˈɡoʊldstaɪn /) (13 April 1869 – 15 August 1949) was an Australian suffragist and social reformer. [ 1 ][ 2 ] She was one of four female candidates at the 1903 federal election, the first at which women were eligible to stand. Goldstein was born in Portland, Victoria.
Mar 7, 2021 · And when in 1903, two years after Federation, Australia became the second nation in the world after New Zealand to grant its white women the right to vote, Goldstein was invited to visit the ...
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Aug 12, 2014 · Encouraged to be economically and intellectually independent by her parents from an early age, Vida Jane Goldstein was a pioneer for women's rights in Australia. She was born in Portland, Victoria ...
Sep 22, 2020 · Vida Goldstein spent her whole life advocating for the rights of women. She was one of the first women to run for election to Parliament, one year after women gained the right to vote. She stood for office five times between 1903 and 1917, travelling all around Victoria in gruelling campaigns, fronting innumerable country town meetings, facing scorn and condescension.
Oct 14, 2020 · Vida Goldstein is one of Australian history’s most interesting and accomplished figures. She campaigned for the rights of women—including the vote —and the disadvantaged, opposed conscription and the First World War and stood unsuccessfully for federal parliament several times. She ought to be more widely known. Carolyn Holbrook interviewed the acclaimed biographer, journalist and ...
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Goldstein, Vida, Woman Suffrage in Australia, reprinted The Victorian Women’s Trust, Melbourne, Victoria, 2008. Details; Goldstein, Vida, To America and back, January-July 1902: a lecture by Vida Goldstein, Prepared for publication by Jill Roe, Jill Roe: Australian History Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, 2002. Details
