Editing First-wave feminism (section)

=== Australia ===

In 1882, [[Rose Scott]], a [[women's rights]] activist, began to hold weekly salon meetings in her Sydney home left to her by her late mother. Through these meetings, she became well known amongst politicians, judges, philanthropists, writers and poets. In 1889, she helped to found the Women's Literary Society, which later grew into the [[Women's Suffrage League|Womanhood Suffrage League]] in 1891. Leading politicians hosted by Scott included [[Bernhard Wise]], [[William Holman]], [[William Morris Hughes]] and [[Thomas Bavin]], who met and discussed the drafting of the bill that eventually became the Early Closing Act of 1899.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/num_act/eca1899n38176.pdf |title=Early Closing Act 1899 No 38 |access-date=2012-09-28}}</ref>