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What actions did Vida Goldstein take that changed the lives of the home front in World War 1?

Vida Goldstien

Introduction to Vida Goldstein

Vida Goldstien was born on the 13th of April 1869 and was a promenent suffreget promoter for the time. She was born to Jacob Robert Yannasch Goldstein and his wife Isabella née Hawkins who was also a proud feminist and suffriget. During the war, Goldstein was a proud pacifist and was involved with many peacemaking movements like opposing to the conscription debate, forming the peace army, the Womans Political Assosiation and the Women's Rural Industries. These movements all positivley impacted the lives of the home front during

WW1

The Conscription debate

“I didn't raise my son to be a soldier,

I brought him up to be my pride and joy:

Who dares to put a musket on his shoulder

To kill some other mother's darling boy?”

This song 'I didn't raise my son to be a soldier', is a anti-war song created by the people campaining against violence and war, and instead wanted to bring peace. This song is a primary source from 1915 as it was a creative works made by the socialists and pacifists who fought against war and violence. As the song states, many woman did not raise their

children to willingly lose their lives when fighting in war, and

therfore were against violence and wanted to make peace within

the countries. this song was sung at many of the 'Peace army'

meetings, by Vida Goldstien and her fellow suffigets/ feminists

Along with these pacificers, Vida Goldstein was a

major anti-war suportter and peace maker and throughout the

war she was involved in/created many initiatves that intended to

end violence within the world. This song is very useful when

anylysing the Conscription debate, as it gives insight into why

many Australians were against war. 'I didn't raise my son to be a

soldier' has a clear intention to why many woman, pacifists and

socialists campained against the violence and war that their

loved ones had sacrificed themselves for.

Chairmen of the peace army

Due to the Conscription Debate, Vida Goldstein and other pacifists, created an anitiative'The Peace Army', which was a group that campained strongly against war. Its was created in 1915 by Vida Goldstein, Adela Pankhurst and Cecilia John who leadmeetings, spoke to large crowds and formed peace marches that tried to pursuade Australians to end militarism “with the same spirit of self-sacrifice that soldiers showed on the battlefield”. This secondary illustratation shows one of the peace marches thar were lead by the peace army and is extremly helpful for my project, as it shows the types of actions that were lead by Vida Goldstein during WW1. This illustration demonstrates the physical actions that Goldstein led during the war, that tried to end millitarism and violence in the country, and that benifited the

homefront. Vida intended to benifit the homefront by trying to

end militarism for those those who had loved ones who

were sacrificing themselves in the war.

Women's political association

The Woman's Political assosiation was created in 1903 by Vida Goldstein and took large initiative in the first world war when it came to the Conscription movement. Extremely similar to the Peace army, Vida Goldstein and her association lead meetings and peace marches that clearly articulated the countries need for anti-conscription. Before WW1, the association was mainly populated by feminists, but when the conscription debate was brought up in Australia, many of the woman involved in the association were for militarism and therefore did not participate in this pacifism ideology. This poster shown is a illustration from WW1, that demonstrates Vida Golstein's attempt to enter the federal Parliament so influence her pacifist ideology to the community. This enrollment form made by Vida, is particularly helpful for my project, as it shows how she wanted to help the senate during

WW1, so that it could adopt a anti-conscription stance to the

government.

Woman's Unemployment Bureau

During first world war, there where many work opportunities that were given to woman, because most men went off to fight in war. At the same time of creating the peace army, Vida Goldstein created the Woman's Unemployment Bureau in 1915, which was an association that found jobs for woman who were unemployed. These jobs that were primarily men's jobs, included working with the post office, textiles, farming, telegraph office etc. Along with seeking employment for woman, the Unemployment Bureau made meals for the home front, as some could not afford a proper meal during the War. Vidas actions of helping out woman by finding employment and making meals for their families, provides evidence of the honorable actions she made to benefit the home front in the First World War. The evidence of Goldstiens work is through the primary photo shown, of the post woman in 1914 getting ready to deliver mail/packages to homes.The insight

is gained from this primary photo is visual evidence of the

actions that Vida Goldstein did that helped the home

front in WW1.

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