Is there a better way to be introduced to Muriel Matters than by listening to her story inside the walls of South Australian Parliament? At an event for the South Australian History Festival Secretary of the Muriel Matters Society Inc., Frances Bedford MP, is doing just that. The event will be held on Monday, 20…… Continue reading Reminder: MMS SA History Festival Event – 20/5/19

Is there a better way to be introduced to Muriel Matters than by listening to her story inside the walls of South Australian Parliament? At an event for the South Australian History Festival Secretary of the Muriel Matters Society Inc., Frances Bedford MP, is doing just that. There has already been one talk by Frances…… Continue reading ‘How Muriel Matters Became a Suffragist’ – SA History Festival Event

As part of South Australia’s History Festival there is an exciting FREE event that will interest MMS members… It promises to be a fascinating afternoon where Frances Bedford MP, Secretary of the Muriel Matters Society Inc., will talk not only about the significance of Muriel Matters but her own personal journey along the way. To…… Continue reading SA History Festival Event – Consuming Passions: Why Muriel Matters

Hello Members You are invited to attend the Final Performance on Sunday 17 March 2019 at 3.00pm followed by refreshments in the Hetzel Lecture Theatre, Institute Building. Please come along and see Elizabeth Webb Nicholls’ closing performance. There is still time to see this wonderful performance before it ends on Sunday 17 March 2019. Hope…… Continue reading A Suffrage Soapbox – Last Performance (17/3)

It’s Fringe time in Adelaide! Anyone out and about knows that there is a certain buzz in the city this time of year. Creating some of this excitment is ‘A Soapbox for Democracy’ on North Terrace (held outside of the Institute Building) where you can listen to the views of South Australia’s most famous female activists. Mary Lee,…… Continue reading Fringe Time!! A Soapbox for Democracy Continues…

What better way to kick off Fringe opening night than to gather round the soapbox to see a re-enactment of Mary Lee speak on North Terrace. Lee was the inaugural secretary of the Women’s Suffrage League and instrumental in helping women attain the vote in South Australia 125 years ago in 1894. Members are invited…… Continue reading ‘A Suffrage Soapbox’ and Nibbles – MMS Event This Friday (15/2)!

#March4Women was a roaring success last year as women (and men!) in London gathered to lobby for gender equality – just as the suffragettes and suffragists did 100 years earlier. It is set to kick off again in March 2019 and we encourage our UK members to get involved. For further information about the event/s planned…… Continue reading UK Members – #March4Women 2019

On Sunday 2 December 2018 The Muriel Matters Society Inc. had its annual Christmas gathering. The enthusiastic team at the Seven Stars Hotel in Angas Street in the Adelaide CBD were kind enough to host us. The Secretary of The Society, Frances Bedford MP, informed the members of her recent trip to New Zealand and…… Continue reading An MMS Christmas!

Dear Members, I quick reminder that The Muriel Matters Society Christmas get together is just around the corner! Here are all the details you need. It will be lovely to catch up for some Christmas cheer – see you all there!

Dr Clare Wright is an author and academic who is well known for her The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka. Her most recent release You Daughters of Freedom tells the story of Australian democracy through the eyes of remarkable Australian women, including our very own Muriel Matters. There are two events with Dr Wright taking place…… Continue reading Dr Clare Wright – Two Adelaide Events!

Come hear all about Adelaide’s daring girl – Muriel Matters (b.1877-d.1969) from Frances Bedford MP, Secretary of the Muriel Matters Society Inc. and Polly Dance, Curator of the City Libraries History Hub exhibition ‘The Story of Muriel Matters’. Muriel Matters was a renowned suffragist known for her ‘hat trick’ of firsts – the world’s first…… Continue reading ‘Why does Muriel Matter?’ – Free Talk at Adelaide City Library!