Vida Goldstein was one of the first women to run for parliament in Australia and the world. Feminist, lobbyist and badass of the 1890s and beyond.

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SOURCES: Australian Dictionary of Biographies, Parliament of Victoria, National Committee of Australia, The Encyclopaedia of Women and Leadership, Claire Wright, Wikipedia, Ms Represented (ABC), National Museum Australia and SBS.

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