Margaret McLean and Female Suffrage

Material exhibited to accompany talk given by Dr. Liz Rushen to the East Melbourne Historical Society on Margaret McLean, her life and her contribution to female suffrage. Meeting held 18 June 2008. Material includes several photos of Margaret McLean; photos of her husband, William McLean; her mother, Agnes Arnot; her sisters, Agnes Lucas and Mary Davies; her daughters, including Ethel McLean. Photos of family home, Torloisk (later St. Ives), Vale Street, East Melbourne. A list of East Melbourne signatories to the 1891 'Monster Petition'. Cartoons from Melbourne Punch. Cartoons from Punch. Photos of parades and marches in Washington DC. (Larger format material at PF 17).