Proud To Be a Rebel: The Life and Times of Emma Miller by Pam Young

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Foxing spots on preliminary endpages. Inside covers are sunned. Binding is still very good.

This biography traces the history of the female suffrage movement, the formation of unions for women and the female vote against conscription.

A founding member of the Labor Party, Emma Miller was one of the leaders of the women's suffrage movement. As President of the Woman's Equal Franchise Association, she saw Australian women win the federal vote in 1902, the first women in the world to be able to vote in a federal election.

Emma Miller will always be remembered for jabbing the Police Commissioner's horse with her hatpin during the 1912 Tramways Strike.(back cover)