Series GRS0355 - AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S NATIONAL LEAGUE - Membership Register Geelong Branch

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GRS0355

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AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S NATIONAL LEAGUE - Membership Register Geelong Branch

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  • 1904 - 1907 (Creation)

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(1904 - c.1944)

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The Australian Women’s National League aimed to promote anti-socialist ideas to Australian women who had been given the right to vote in Australian federal elections in 1902.

Their tenets were loyalty to the throne, counteracting socialist tendencies, educating women in their political responsibilities and safeguarding the interests of the home, women and children.

Lady Janet Clarke was elected the inaugural president in 1904.

In 1912, the Liberal Prime Minister Alfred Deakin described the lobby group as "fierce and unceasing" in their political demands.

At its peak in World War 1, the AWNL had 500 registered branches and more than 54,000 members across Australia including a Geelong branch.

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