Diary (175pp), 1908

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Large diary and commonplace book, kept intermittently throughout 1908. The entries refer to letters received and sent, meetings and deputations, Australian representation at the International Women's Suffrage Conference at Amsterdam and agitation to extend the franchise to women in Victoria. There are also cuttings from the Age, Argus, Herald, Women's Journal and Daily Telegraph on women's suffrage, women in the professions, the Amsterdam Conference, design of a Melbourne watchhouse, Australian electoral laws, English suffrage movement, wages for women, Women's Suffrage Bill passed by Victorian Parliament (November 1908), divorce law, domestic service. They include several articles written by Goldstein.

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