Title: Australian women's life in the 20th century

The life for women has changed greatly in the 20th century. The key stepping stone which allowed these changes to occur was the passing of the Franchise Bill in 1902 which granted suffrage to white women over the ages of 21 in Federal elections. The passing the Franchise Bill was due to the contribution of women such as Vida Goldstein who had published magazines such as Woman's Sphere and Women's Voter, Maybanke Wolstoneholme and Rose Scott who …

…more than 100 employees to put in actions which would allow women to advance. Nearing the end of the 20th century, although many laws were created to impose equality on both sexes, there were still areas which needed more change. Women were still not the equals of men. They still had the double burden of domestic duties and career, many were still financially dependant on men and there was still segregation between male and female occupations.