new biography shows Vida Goldstein's political campaigns were courageous, her losses prophetic
- Written by Marilyn Lake, Professorial Fellow in History, University of Melbourne
T. Humphrey/State Library VictoriaReview: Vida: A Woman for Our Time, published by Penguin (Viking imprint)
Australian women were not the first to win the right to vote in national elections. That world-historic distinction belongs to New Zealanders. But they were the first to win, in 1902, both the right to vote and stand for election to the...





