Women did not have the same rights as men and the media attempted to portray politics as unsuitable for women, often depicting them as weak and intellectually incapable of political decision making. Below is an example of a cartoon which shows the type of press coverage that Australian suffragettes received prior to winning the right to vote.
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Feminist Movement, 1970, Photograph, Feminist Art Movement, accessed 3 June 2014, <http://galleryhip.com/feminist-art-movement-1960s.html>.