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Her work for political and electoral reform is still having its effects on the life of the nation
-Ann Milne, 1975
31 October 1825 Catherine was born
a teacher first and a writer afterwards
1839
Immigrated to Australia
1843
Her father was elected Town Clerk
1843
fathers death
after the breakup of the manucipality and loss of his income, my father lost health and spirits
Contribution to Federation
[I] had the feeling that in our new colonies the reform would meet with less obstruction than in old countries bound by precedent and prejudiced by vested interests. Parliament is the preserve of the wealthy in the United Kingdom, in Australia it will not be
- Catherine Helen Spence
Her influence on Australia changed the right of women being able to vote, as well as being able to stand for Parliament house.
First novel
(1854)
Clara Morrison: a Tale of South Australia During the Gold Fever
Novel (1856)
Spence wrote short pieces of writing for the Adelaide Newspaper under her brothers' name because editors felt that it would be 'unseemly' for a woman to be writing.
Tender and True
Final Novel (1984)
Handfasted
First
Female political candidate
fighter for effective voting
female member of several reform boards
co-founder of the first fostering-out scheme for schildren
Proffessional woman journalist in Australia
woman novelist in Australia
Achievements
Pioneering the children's courts in Australia
Wrote the first legal studies textbook produced in Australia
Among the first to combat the squatter's monopoly of land
helping women workers
progress for women within her lifetime
in the feminist cause-equality of oppoirunity
combating political ignorance among women
public speaker pioneering the public vioce of women
Preaching from the pulpit
A proud free-thinker
Wall plaque in Melrose, Scotland
Death: 3 April 1910
Memorials
The most distinguished woman in Australia
Catherine's feature on the five dollar note in 2001
- Sir Samual James Way, 1905
Catherine Helen Spence facts- https://kids.kiddle.co/Catherine_Helen_Spence
Catherine Helen Spence: her achievements and firsts- https://women-and-politics.collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/spence1.htm#First%20female%20political%20candidate
Catherine Helen Spence- https://guides.slsa.sa.gov.au/c.php?g=410238&p=2794979
Biography of Catherine Helen Spence- http://www.scootle.edu.au/ec/viewing/L9445/about1.html
Catherine Helen Spence: Our first female writer, journalist, politician and icon- https://www.thebigsmoke.com.au/2017/09/15/catherine-spence-first-female-writer-journalist-politician-icon-women/