Goldstein, Vida (1869 - 1949)

Vida Goldstein ran for the Australian Senate in 1903; although she was not elected, this made her the first woman to nominate for Australian Parliament.

Born Portland, Victoria, 1869. Died 15 August 1949.
One of five children. Educated at Presbyterian Ladies College.
Worked with the Women's Political Association and also edited Women's Sphere (1900-1908). Ran for parliament five times between 1903 and 1917, in both the Senate and the House of Representatives. Helped found the National Council of Women, and was the Delegate from Australia and New Zealand to the International Woman Suffrage Conference, Washington D. C. in 1902. Throughout her life Goldstein campainged on many social issues including women's franchise, the Queen Victoria women's hosptial, peace, birth control and naturalisation laws.

Founded by

• Women's Peace Army (1915 - 1919)
• Women's Political Association of Victoria (1903 - 1919)

Founding member

• National Council of Women of Victoria (1902 - )

Friend and Colleague

• Henry, Alice (1857 - 1943)

Membership

• Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (Australia Section) (1919 - )

Secretary

• United Council for Woman Suffrage (1894 - 1908)

  [1899 - 1900]

Related Concepts

• Woman Suffrage

Related People

• Blackburn, Doris Amelia (1889 - 1970)

  Acted as campaign secretary

  [1913 - ]

• John, Cecilia Annie (1877 - 1955)

  Celicia John supported Vida Goldstein in her bid for Federal parliament in 1913 and established the Women's Peace Army with her in July 1915

Books

• The Australian Woman's Sphere, Vida Goldstein, Melbourne, 1900-1905. [ Details... ]
• Vida Goldstein, Woman Suffrage in Australia, The Woman's Press, London, 1910?. [ Details... ]

Book Sections

• Bomford, Janette, 'The lady politician: Vida Goldstein's first Senate campaign', in Irving, Helen (ed.), A Woman's Constitution? Gender and History in the Australian Commonwealth, Hale and Iremonger, Sydney, 1996, p. 179. [ Details... ]

Edited Books

• Ruth Teale (ed.), Colonial Eve : sources on women in Australia, 1788-1914, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1978. [ Details... ]

Journal Articles

• Caine, Barbara, 'Vida Goldstein and the English militant campaign of the Women's Social and Political Union', Women's History Review, vol. 2, no. 3, 1993, pp. 363-376. [ Details... ]

Reports

• Vida Goldstein, Report ot the National Council of Women of New South Wales of an Informal Conference with Mrs May Wright Sewell, President of the International Council of Women, Norman Bros, Melbourne, 1902, 8 pp. [ Details... ]
• Vida Goldstein, Recommendations in favour of voluntary methods of dealing with venereal diseases: as agreed upon by the Women's Political Association and the Women's Convention, Fraser & Jenkinson, Melbourne, 1916, 1 pp. [ Details... ]

See also

• 'Vida Goldstein and the struggle for women's rights', in National Archives of Australia (ed.), Voices for democracy : teachers resource kit, National Archives of Australia, Canberra, c1998. [ Details... ]
• Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australian Suffragettes, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 1998, http://www.abc.net.au/ola/citizen/women/women-home-vote.htm. [ Details... ]
• Australian Electoral Commission, 'List of Electoral Divisions Named After Women', 10 May 2002, http://www.aec.gov.au/history/women/women3.htm. [ Details... ]
• Bomford, Janette M., That dangerous and persuasive woman : Vida Goldstein, Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Vic., 1993, 264 pp. [ Details... ]
• Eidelson, Meyer, Nation builders : great lives and stories from St Kilda General Cemetery, Friends of St Kilda Cemetery Inc., St Kilda, Vic., 2001, 120 pp. [ Details... ]
• Gillison, Joan M, A History of the Lyceum Club Melbourne, The Lyceum Club, Melbourne, 1975, 118 pp. [ Details... ]
• Grimshaw, Patricia, 'A white woman's suffrage', in Irving, Helen (ed.), A Woman's Constitution? Gender and History in the Australian Commonwealth, Hale and Iremonger, Sydney, 1996, p. 179. [ Details... ]
• Lake, Marilyn and Kelly, Farley (eds), Double Time: Women in Victoria - 150 Years, Penguin Books Australia Ltd, Ringwood (Vic.), 1985, 476 pp. [ Details... ]
• Lees, Kirsten., Votes for women : the Australian story, Allen & Unwin, St. Leonards, N.S.W., 1995, 206 pp. [ Details... ]
• Oldfield, Audrey, Woman suffrage in Australia : a gift or a struggle?, Cambridge University Press, Melbourne, 1992, 263 pp. [ Details... ]
• Smart, Judith, 'Modernity and mother-heartedness : spirituality and religious meaning in Australian women's suffrage and citizenship movements, 1890s-1920s', in Fletcher, Ian Christopher, Laura E. Nym Mayhall and Philippa Levine (eds), Women's Suffrage in the British Empire: Citizenship, Nation, and Race, Routledge, London, 2000, pp. 51-97. [ Details... ]
• Sparrow, Jeff and Sparrow, Jill, Radical Melbourne : a secret history, the vulgar press, Carlton North, Vic., 2001, 223 pp. [ Details... ]
• Sue Fabian and Morag Loh, Vida Goldstein 1869-1949 [slide], Equality Press, Gardenvale, Vic. [ Details... ]
• Suzane Fabian and Morag Loh, The changemakers : ten significant Australian women, Jacaranda Press, Milton, Qld., 1983, 190 pp. [ Details... ]
• The National Library of Australia's Federation Gateway, Goldstein, Vida (1869-1949), National Library of Australia, http://www.nla.gov.au/guides/federation/people/goldstein.html. [ Details... ]
• Women's Political Association, The Life and work of Miss Vida Goldstein, Australasian Authors' Agency, Melbourne, ca. 1913, 15 pp. [ Details... ]