Women's+advancement+in+Australia+and+in+other+parts+of+the+world

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South Yarra, Vic. : Macmillan Education Australia, 2011. The enthralling story of Mary MacKillop’s life and work – how it changed the lives of thousands of Australians and led to the canonisation of Australia’s first saint – is retold in this book. Using graphic-style pages as well as conventional text, each book in the series provides students with an understanding of a particular event or defining moment, and explains its context and significance to Australia’s development as a nation. || || South Yarra, Vic. : Macmillan Library, 2010. //In Australia in the 1800s, the idea of women having the same rights as men was shocking. Most people believed that women belonged under men's control. Then, in the 1880s, a young woman named Vida Goldstein led the fight for women's right to vote in elections. Vida's work improved the lives of Australia women and began the fight for equal rights. This struggle continues today.// >
 * Mary Mackillop's path to sainthood / Melanie Guile
 * Vida Goldstein's fight for women's rights /​ Melanie Guile
 * //Vida Goldstein's Fight for Women's Rights//** is a pivotal story in Australia's history. This book brings this intriguing story alive with a highly visual presentation that will engage students. Graphic-style re-enactments are employed alongside conventional presentation to convey details that text alone cannot convey, and to show different viewpoints simultaneously || [[image:http://www.macmillan.com.au/mea/covers/9781420269079.jpg width="106" height="131" caption="Vida Goldstein`s Fight for Women`s Rights"]] ||
 * **Caroline Dexter,**
 * **Henrietta Dugdale,**
 * ****Louisa Lawson**** Louisa is an important person in Australian women's history. She ran a magazine called "The Dawn" and she was a member of Womanhood Suffrage League of New South Wales from 1891. Please click here to read about Louisa's life and contribution and to see some relevant primary sources.
 * **Mary Lee and**
 * **Vida Goldstein**
 * **Catherine Helen Spence**
 * **South Australian Women Police - the first place in the Commonwealth and the second place in the world after the US to have women in the police force**

PF CRE – Crew, Gary, “Bright Star”. This story about a girl visiting an astronomer in the 1870s is a useful book for linking the study of the planets to the study of history. It is also good for discussion about the changing roles of boys and girls.

Film clip of women working in the 1980s, describing job conditions and pay at the time

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