DANGEROUS AND PERSUASIVE WOMEN: CELEBRATING A CENTURY OF WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE IN VICTORIA

Speeches from Forum One: 'Rediscovering Women’s Political History', Melbourne, 6 March, 2008

Attracting a crowd of 300 people at BMW Edge Theatre at Federation Square, the first free forum the Victorian Women's Trust hosted in celebrating the centenary of women's suffrage in Victoria commemorated one hundred years of women’s activism (the Women's Trust will host three forums in total, over 2008).

The first event included speeches from leading historians Professor Patricia Grimshaw, Professor Marilyn Lake and literary historian Jennifer Strauss (who provided an analysis of the work of poet Dame Mary Gilmore).

We highly recommend you listen to these thought-provoking speeches, 'Rediscovering Women's Political History', by clicking on the MP3 links below.

Jennifer Strauss - jennifer.mp3 - 26.5 meg

Marilyn Lake - marilyn.mp3 - 19 meg

Patricia Grimshaw - patricia.mp3 - 16 meg

The speeches of Patricia Grimshaw and Jennifer Strauss are also available to read in PDF format, by clicking the PDF links below. We will endeavour to make Professor Marilyn Lake's speech available in this format as soon as possible.

Download the Jennifer Strauss.pdf document (137K) here

Download the Patricia Grimshaw.pdf document (108K) here
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Keynote Speech by Pamela Tate to the Women Lawyers Achievement Awards

We are delighted to have obtained permission to post the Keynote Speech by Pamela Tate to the Women Lawyers Achievement Awards in Melbourne on the 2nd June 2005 on to the Victorian Women's Trust website. Click the below link to read:

Download the PDF document (130K) here...