Woman’s League (1895 - 1897)

Formed in 1895 by Lucy Morice, supported by her aunt, Catherine Helen Spence. It aimed to build on the recent enfranchisement of women by educating women politically and socially to be able to take an intelligent part in the political life of the country. It also aimed to forge an alliance of women regardless of class and party to address issues concerning women and children. The first President was Annie Montgomerie Martin. Some members were also members of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union. The League ended in 1897.

Related Corporate Bodies

• Woman's Christian Temperance Union of South Australia (1889 - )

  Some members of the Union were also member of the League

Related People

• Spence, Catherine Helen (1825 - 1910)

  Supported the formation of the Woman's League by her niece Lucy Morice

See also

• Allen, Margaret (Margaret Ellen), 1947- ; Hutchison, Mary and Mackinnon, Alison, 1942-, Fresh evidence, new witnesses : finding women's history, South Australian Government Printer, Netley, SA, 1989, 284 pp. [ Details... ]
• Helen Jones, In her own name. A history of women in South Australia from 1836, Wakefield Press, Adelaide, 1986, 356 pp. [ Details... ]