Postcard, Senate Election, Vida Goldstein, 1910
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1910
Campaign postcard, printed by F&J Cards in 1910. It was printed to encourage voters in the Federal election to vote for Vida Goldstein for the Senate. Melbourne born Vida Goldstein was a champion campaigner for women's representation in the Australian parliamentary process.
Goldstein was the first woman in the British Empire to stand for parliament; in 1903 she stood for the senate as an Independent Woman Candidate, where she received 51,497 votes, far more than the anticipated 500. She stood for the Senate again in 1910 (which is when this postcard was produced) and 1917, and in 1913 and 1914 she stood for the House of Representatives. Cream coloured card, printed on obverse with an image of Vida Goldstein and description text.
Evidence at a glance
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- 1
- Photograph views
- 2
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Cream coloured card
- Dimensions
- Overall Dimensions: 93 mm (Width), 141 mm (Height)
Design
- Marks and inscriptions
- Printed on obverse: SENATE ELECTION./ Vote for the Woman Candidate/ WHO POLLED 51,497 VOTES IN 1903.; VIDA GOLDSTEIN/ Every woman of every political party should endeavour to secure the/ return of the Woman Candidate, as All the Men in Parliament cannot/ represent One Woman as adequately a One Woman can represent/ All Women. Printed on reverse: POST F&J CARD
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Museums Victoria, Melbourne collection record for this single object (sentences kept verbatim apart from removed sale or rarity wording); how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Candidate id
- mv-2029294
- Museum object name
- Postcard - Senate Election, Vida Goldstein, 1910
- Holding institution
- Museums Victoria, Melbourne
- Museum object number
- HT 36235
Catalogue references
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