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Dale Spender was a leading feminist and advocate for women's education.

Dale Spender was a leading feminist and advocate for women's education.

Dale Spender was a leading feminist and advocate for women's education.

Dale Spender was a leading feminist and advocate for women's education.

Dale Spender was delighted when the word “mansplaining” gained currency.

Clare Wright has spent ten years researching the history of these groundbreaking petitions. Though few Australians have heard of them, she writes, we can learn much from the story of their creation.

Women's suffrage banner made in 1908 by Dora Meeson and used in 1911 Womens Suffrage Procession in London. Parliament Art Collection.