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Elizabeth Webb Nicholls (21 February 1850 – 3 August 1943) was a key suffragist in the campaign for votes for women (also called 'suffrage') in South Australia during the 1890s. She took on several high profile roles in the capital of South Australia, Adelaide and was President of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) of South Australia, one of the most prominent organisations in the successful campaigns which made South Australia the first of the Australian colonies to grant women the right to vote in 1894.〔http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/nicholls-elizabeth-webb-7839〕 ==Background== Nicholls was born on 21 February 1850 in Rundle Street, Adelaide to parents Samuel Bakewell, grocer, and his wife Mary Ann, née Pye.〔 Following her mother's death when she was just three years old, Nicholls spent some years living with relatives in England before returning to Adelaide. Her father remarried, his new spouse being Mary Ann's sister Eliza Hannah.〔 Nicholls herself married warehouseman Alfred Richard Nicholls on 2 August 1870, having one daughter and four sons as well as taking in two orphaned relatives who they also raised in their household. As a young woman Nicholls is quoted as saying ''I long to have the will and the power to be very useful''. Her father Samuel and her uncle William both became members of the South Australian House of Assembly, providing her with some background in local politics. An active member of the ''Archer Street Wesleyan church'' in North Adelaide, Nicholls taught Sunday School and distributed religious tracts.〔Jones, Helen 1986. 'In Her Own Name: A history of women in South Australia from 1836' Wakefield Press: Adelaide〕 Nicholls was said to be "short in stature, with a benign expression, she was a pleasant, unself-conscious speaker and quickly earned her members' approval for her efficiency and enthusiasm",〔Jones, Helen 1986. 'In Her Own Name: A history of women in South Australia from 1836' Wakefield Press: Adelaide, p. 97〕 Nicholls was described as being "prone to chafe quietly at 'unreasonable restraint'"〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Elizabeth Webb Nicholls」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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