Vida Goldstein's Fight for Women's Rights

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.
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.

It is part of a fascinating series for middle-upper primary that tells the stories of some momentous times in our history. The intriguing stories offer context and explain the significance of these events to Australia’s development as a nation. The approach promotes critical thinking and analysis with an emphasis on causes and effects, key personalities, and the long-term outcomes for Australian society.

Key features

a variety of text types eg profiles, viewpoints and debates, historical quotations, letters, newspaper articles quotations.
timelines, maps, annotated photographs and illustrations
text-boxes provide short snippets of information for clarity

Graphic-style presentation is employed alongside conventional presentation to convey details that text alone cannot convey, and to show different viewpoints simultaneously

Contents:
Stories from Australia’s history
Vida Goldstein’s fight for women’s rights
The big picture
Key people
Women fight back
Viewpoints
The fight continues
What happened next?
The effects of Vida Goldstein’s work
What do you think?
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