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In London this week, the Aussie suffragist Nellie Martel explains to English women how they can win the vote, while back at home pioneering feminist Louisa Lawson’s publication The Dawn teeters on the brink of closure. Plus: the first Empire Day; the final battles of the Russo-Japanese War mean a Nobel Peace Prize for Teddy Roosevelt; and in Sydney a ratcatching hero survives Bubonic Plague – again.


Kathy Bowrey: \"The threat posed by a woman inventor: law, labour and the subjugation of Louisa Lawson\"

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14490854.2024.2331591


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