PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE WOMENS MOVEMENT
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260 Metres
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300 Metres
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Detailed explanation-1: -Known as the monster petition, in recognition of its 260-metre length, it documents 30, 000 signatures in support of women getting the vote. When it was first tabled in Victoria’s Parliament on September 29, 1891, it took several men to carry the petition.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1891, women’s suffrage advocates collected the signatures of some 30, 000 Victorians, all supporting the vote for women. Quickly dubbed the ‘Monster Petition’, it remains one of the largest documents ever presented to Parliament.
Detailed explanation-3: -Great Petition is a sculpture located in Burston Reserve, near the Victorian State Parliament Building, in Melbourne, Australia.
Detailed explanation-4: -The 1891 ‘Monster petition’ as it was later known was a landmark for Victoria’s fledgling women’s movement.
Detailed explanation-5: -The suffrage petition of 1866 was the first Votes for Women mass petition put before Parliament. It was presented on 7 June 1866 by John Stuart Mill, a Member of Parliament. The original document with the individuals’ signatures no longer exists.