Professor Marilyn Lake AO, has graciously agreed to speak about the history of voting in Victoria, when women were able to vote, when voting became compulsory and the part League of Women Voters Victoria (LWVV) played. 

Dr Judith Smart AM, co-author of the history of the NCW Australia, Stirrers with Style will give an overview of the history of women’s organisations, then a panel of speakers from some of the founding groups of NCWV will talk about their beginnings and where they are today.

The National Council of Women Victoria celebrates Victoria’s pioneer women, past and present at this annual event. As 2022-23 is the 150th Anniversary of Free, Secular and Compulsory Education in Victoria, our focus will be on pioneering women teachers. Dr Deborah Towns OAM, co-author of A Secondary Education For All? A History of State Secondary Schooling in Victoria and author of articles on education and teachers in Government, Independent and Catholic schools, will highlight women pioneers in education and early schools in Victoria.