Rose scott biography
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Rose Scott
Australian suffragist (1847–1925)
For the British socialist politician, see Rose Jarvis.
Rose Scott (8 October 1847 – 20 April 1925) was an Australian women's rights activist who advocated for women's suffrage and universal suffrage in New South Wales at the turn-of-the twentieth century.
She founded the Women's Political Education League in 1902 which campaigned successfully to raise the age of consent to sixteen.
Early life
Scott was the daughter of Helenus Scott (1802–1879) and Sarah Ann Scott (née Rusden) aka Saranna,[1] the fifth of eight children, and a granddaughter of Helenus Scott (1760–1821), a Scottish physician.
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Her cousins were the naturalists Harriet Morgan (née Scott) and Helena Scott. She was educated at home with her closest sister Augusta. From an early age, Rose Scott was influenced by injustices she perceived towards women in history and literature such as Joan of Arc and Katherina Minola in The Taming of the Shrew.[2]