- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE3741
Petersen, Alicia Teresa Jane O’Shea
- Maiden name McShane, Alicia
Former married name O'Shea, Alicia
- Born 2 July 1862, Broadmarsh, Tasmania, Australia
- Died 22 January 1923, , Tasmania
- Occupation Political candidate
Summary
Alicia Petersen grew up in a small rural community in Tasmania, and worked in the clothing industry. She was a speaker for the Citizens’ Social and Moral Reform League in 1906, and a member of the Women’s Political Association, but maintained a non-party stance. Petersen was a founder and life-president of the Australian Women’s Association, and the first woman in Tasmania to stand as a political candidate. In 1913 she contested the federal seat of Denison but her campaign was sabotaged by the press. She stood again, unsuccessfully, in 1922.
Published resources
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Edited Book
- 200 Australian Women: A Redress Anthology, Radi, Heather, 1988, https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20071105022623/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/78644/20071105-1315/www.200australianwomen.com/index.html
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Resource
- Trove: Petersen, Alicia Teresa Jane O'Shea (1862-1923), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-759060