The City of Melbourne is shining a spotlight on pioneering women in history, with Vida Goldstein to be honoured with a statue.
Vida (pictured above) was the driving force behind the right for women to vote and run for politics in Australia. Australia was the second nation to support the vote for women and the first to also grant women the right to run for parliament, in 1902.
The statue will be commissioned by the Melbourne Art Trust and will help address the gender imbalance in statues across the municipality. Only 10 of the city’s 580 statues in the city depict and celebrate women from Melbourne’s history – representing less than two per cent of all statues.
Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation is working with the City of Melbourne to accept donations on behalf of the Melbourne Art Trust.
Find out more about Vida Goldstein and City of Melbourne’s statues of women.
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