TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wilson,Mark
TI  - Votes for women!: the story of Nellie, Rose and Mary 
SN  - 9780734420138 (hardback)
U1  - 346.0134 23
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Sydney, NSW
PB  - Lothian Children's Books
KW  - Birks, Nellie
KW  - Birks, Rose
KW  - Lee, Mary,
KW  - Women
KW  - Suffrage
KW  - Australia
KW  - History
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Suffragists
KW  - Biography
KW  - Women's rights
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Creative nonfiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Biographies
KW  - Picture books
N1  - For ages 7-9 years
N2  - In 1890, Rose Birks and her stepdaughter, Nellie, began writing letters and attending meetings to hlep improve the lives of women and children in their home city of Adelaide. They soon found themselves part of a movement that would change the lives of women everywhere. Through their friendship with the famous female suffragist Mary Lee, they petitioned politicians and lawmakers - and in 1896 they became the first women in Australia to vote in an election
ER  -