Mary Lee (14 February 1821 – 18 September 1909)

Mary Lee was a notable leader in the SA suffrage movement and a worker for working women. She fought for improvements in laws relating to child labour, young women’s employment and the age of consent. Mary travelled all over the colony to obtain signatures for a suffrage petition. With 11,600 signatures, the petition was presented to parliament before the successful Act granting women the vote and right to stand for parliament passed in 1894.

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Video: Watch Mary Come Back to Life

As part of the 2018 Adelaide Fringe, The Muriel Matters Society helped initiate the very successful ‘A Soapbox for Democracy’. Produced by Joanne Hartstone in association with the Centre of Democracy.

 Filming by Peter Tee.