Women in Politics
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This segment is going to look back at the history of women in Australian politics – from the women who fought for the right to vote to our current female leaders and efforts to attract the next generation of women to politics.
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Questions
1. Before watching the BTN story, make a list of Australian women in politics.
2. In pairs, discuss the Australian Women in Politics story and record the main points of the discussion.
3. How many years ago did women not have the right to vote?
4. The South Australian Government was the first in the world to give women the right to run for election. True or false?
5. Who was Catherine Helen Spence?
6. In what year were the first women elected to Federal Parliament?
a. 1902
b. 1943
c. 1980
7. Who was Australia’s first female prime minister?
8. Who was the first Indigenous woman to sit in parliament?
9. What was surprising about this story?
10. What did you learn watching the BTN story?
2. In pairs, discuss the Australian Women in Politics story and record the main points of the discussion.
3. How many years ago did women not have the right to vote?
4. The South Australian Government was the first in the world to give women the right to run for election. True or false?
5. Who was Catherine Helen Spence?
6. In what year were the first women elected to Federal Parliament?
a. 1902
b. 1943
c. 1980
7. Who was Australia’s first female prime minister?
8. Who was the first Indigenous woman to sit in parliament?
9. What was surprising about this story?
10. What did you learn watching the BTN story?