biography
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| female
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| lived:
| (1848–1920)
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| biography:
| Suffragist and social reformer, born in Mudgee, New South Wales, SE Australia, and educated to primary level there. She married Norwegian immigrant Niels Larsen (who later anglicized his name) and lived on many New South Wales goldfields throughout their marriage. They separated after 17 years together, and she moved to Sydney, surrounding herself with radical thinkers and social reformers. In 1888 she founded Dawn, Australia's first feminist journal, which elevated women's affairs and promoted women's suffrage. Known also for her famous son, Henry, whom she set on the path of writing, she ended her days in Gladesville Hospital for the Insane. |
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