In 1891 more than 28,000 women signed a petition requesting the right to vote.

The 1891 petition has become a symbol of the quest for woman suffrage in Victoria.

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Who were the women who collected the signatures?
How did they collect so many signatures in such a short time?
What motivated the women to undertake this task?
Why did the women sign the petiton?

The campaign for woman suffrage was a long one and it was not until 1908
that women in Victoria finally were granted the right to vote in Victorian parliamentary elections.