Mary Colton

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Mary Colton

Australian suffragist

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Catherine Helen Spence
Advocating for women’s right to vote and other social issues
…led by Mary Lee and Mary Colton, two key drivers of the women’s suffrage movement. The organization was instrumental to securing passage of the Constitutional Amendment (Adult Suffrage) Act in December 1894 in the South Australian Parliament; the law enabled all citizens of South Australia to vote, which meant that…
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…led by Mary Lee and Mary Colton, two key drivers of the women’s suffrage movement. The organization was instrumental to securing passage of the Constitutional Amendment (Adult Suffrage) Act in December 1894 in the South Australian Parliament; the law enabled all citizens of South Australia to vote, which meant that…
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