Catherine Helen Spence was a Scottish-born Australian writer, teacher, journalist, politician, leading suffragist, and Georgist. She was the first female political candidate in Australia, the first Australian woman to stand for election to a national parliament, and the first woman to address an Australian federal parliament. She was also the first female to write a novel in Australia and the first female to be published in a newspaper in Australia.
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As we grew to love South Australia, we felt that we were in an expanding society, still feeling the bond to the motherland, but eager to develop a perfect society in the land of our adoption.
— Catherine Helen Spence
What can you learn from Catherine Helen Spence (Life Lessons)
- Catherine Helen Spence was a pioneering social reformer and writer who advocated for the rights of women and children, as well as for broader social reform.
- Her work demonstrates the importance of speaking out and advocating for change, no matter how difficult the task may be.
- Through her example, we can learn that even small changes can have a big impact and that it is worth striving for a better world.
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Even before the discovery of copper South Australia had turned the corner.
I look back to a happy childhood.
Drinking habits were very prevalent among men, and were not in any way disgraceful, unless excessive.
There is nothing so costly to the state as a ruined life
Nothing is insignificant in the history of a young community, and - above all - nothing seems impossible.
South Australia was the first community to give the secret ballot for political elections.
A glass of whisky in Scotland in the thirties cost less than a cup of tea.
I had learned what wealth was, and a great deal about production and exchange for myself in the early history of South Australia - of the value of machinery, of roads and bridges, and of ports for transport and export.
Social reformer. quotes by Catherine Helen Spence
Probably my mother's life was prolonged beyond that of a long-lived family by her coming to Australia in middle life; and if I ever had any tendency to consumption, the climate must have helped me.
After the break up of the municipality and the loss of his income my father lost health and spirits.
Our South Australian farmers left their holdings in the hands of their wives and children too young to take with them, but almost all of them returned to grow grain and produce to send to Victoria.
My brothers went to the parish school, one of the best in the county.
I count myself well educated, for the admirable woman at the head of the school which I attended from the age of four and a half till I was thirteen and a half, was a born teacher in advance of her own times.
I think I was well brought up, for my father and mother were of one mind regarding the care of the family.
I had only two offers of marriage in my life, and I refused both.
The first issue of The Register was printed in London, and gave a glowing account of the province that was to be - its climate, its resources, the sound principles on which it was founded.
The Town Clerkship, however, was the means of giving me a lesson in electoral methods.
My return to London introduced me to a wider range of society.
I had seen Adelaide the dearest and the cheapest place to live in.