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How cynical electioneering backfired and gave women a voice

How cynical electioneering backfired and gave women a voice

In Black and White · Herald Sun

June 29, 202222m 56s

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How cynical electioneering backfired and gave women a voice. When the suffrage movement was close to victory at the ballot box, a male politician tried to wedge the vote with a contentious clause.But when the vote went through, the clause backfired, and gave women their first voice in the halls of parliament. Melbourne author Mark Wilson tells the story


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