Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage in SA
Women gained the right to vote and the right to run for Parliament on this day in 1894.
On this day in 1894 the bill granting women the right to vote and the right to run for Parliament passed both Houses of Parliament.
South Australia was the fourth place in the world to give women the right to vote, but the first place in the world to give women the right to run for the lower house.