Vida

PART 1 - YOUNG VIDA

1 A kingdom by the sea

2 A thorough education

PART 2 - APPRENTICE

3 Melbourne the Marvellous

4 Unwomanly battles

5 The woman question and the new woman

6 The struggle for the vote

7 Preparing to fly

8 Cross-currents

9 Light-bringer from the Southern Cross

PART 3 - CANDIDATE

10 The prospect of lady senators

11 On the hustings

12 ‘Virtually a victory’

14 White, green and purple

15 The battles for Kooyong

PART 4 - ACTIVIST

16 ‘This appalling conflict’

17 ‘I didn’t raise my boy to be a soldier’

18 ‘Go to war or go to gaol’

19 The cost of pacifism

20 The ‘Blood Vote’ again – and after

21 A very dubious peace

22 Such a world

Notes and references

Select bibliography

Acknowledgements

Index of Searchable Terms

About the Author

Also by Jacqueline Kent

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