HerStory
Vida Jane Mary GOLDSTEIN
Born: 13 April 1869
Died: 15 August 1949
Special Achievements:The first Victorian female candidate for the Senate in Australia's 1903 first Federal election, she was one of the first four unsuccessful women candidates that year but the one who came closest to victory. Her jornal, the Australian Women's Sphere, first published in 1900, is believed to have inspired the Pankhursts' British suffrage papers.
Additional Information:1899 - Head of the United Council of Women's Suffrage in Melbourne.
1915 - Formed the Women's Peace Army.
Resources
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Image - Vida Goldstein
Photographer: unknown
National Library of Australia
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References
Hope, Deborah. A date with our forgotten heroines. newspaper unknown. January 10, 1984:7.
Darbyshire, Don. (Autumn 1986). Great Moment. This Australia, 42.
(Summer 1986/97). Women’s Peace Army. This Australia, 6-10.
Cannon, Judy. (2006, October). Campaigning Great-Grandmothers. National Library of Australia News, 14-17.
The Dictionary of Sydney. "Goldstein, Vida Jane".
The Australian Women's Register. " Goldstein, Vida (1869 - 1949)". accessed 20 May 2021.
Wikipedia. "Vida Goldstein". accessed 20 May 2021.
