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25.01.2022 Click below for all the pictures from the MMS book launch on 7 November!

23.01.2022 How wonderful! Going through our collection we were reminded of this gem: The card appears as part of suffrage themed game that was the brainchild of Naomi Paxton. You can learn more about the backstory to the game's creation on her website (click here). Muriel appears alongside other members of the British suffrage movement like Christabel Pankhurst and Emmeline Pethick Lawrence. What a fun way to learn about women's history! http://murielmatterssociety.com.au//the-high-flyer-a-muri/

20.01.2022 Here’s an article about Muriel published on this day in 1909 by the Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. It reveals more about the agitation of the 'grille girl' in Liverpool for female suffrage... THE GRILLE HEROINE SUFFRAGETTES IN A STOCK EXCHANGE The habitues of the Liverpool Exchange flags were startled yesterday by an incursion of the Suffragette missionaries, who, in possession of a substantial office chair, which was occupied by Miss Broadhurst, of London University, established a meeting in support of their cause. [ 80 more words ] http://murielmatterssociety.com.au//the-grille-girl-in-19/

20.01.2022 A friendly reminder of the official launch of The Muriel Matters Society Inc.’s monograph on Saturday 7 November 2020. The event will be held at the Naval, Military & Air Force Club of SA, 111 Hutt St, Adelaide 3.30pm to 5.00pm. Tickets are booking out fast secure your spot today! Cost is $20, please prepay to reserve your place using the bank details included in the invitation. RSVP Essential via return email by 2 November 2020. Any queries please phone on 0437 656 700. We look forward to seeing you there!

20.01.2022 Thanks to the many members of The Muriel Matters Society Inc. who attended our AGM on Sunday, 16 August 2020. It was great to see so many friendly and familiar faces given the year we have had so far. President, Robin Matters, chaired and Secretary, Frances Bedford MP, reported the meeting. There were the usual goings-on of the AGM Frances detailed The Society’s finances, website and social media presence, yearly correspondence as well as the election of office bearers. [ 256 more words ] http://murielmatterssociety.com.au//24/11th-mms-agm-pictu/

19.01.2022 A quick reminder that the Dirigible Observance Day Event and 5th Tea Towel Launch is taking place tomorrow at the Bridgeway Hotel. We would love to see you there! See below for all the details. http://murielmatterssociety.com.au//event-reminder-dirigi/

19.01.2022 The Society has been working on some free resources to help our hardworking teachers (and students!) in recent times. Below is a downloadable worksheet designed for students in their middle or senior years that accompanies the Muriel Matters! documentary. It can be used as a standalone lesson or it can form a part of a larger unit of study. These DVD worksheets will remain accessible on the ‘ [ 58 more words ] http://murielmatterssociety.com.au//free-teaching-resourc/

18.01.2022 With ANZAC Day approaching we start to remind ourselves of those men and women who have made tremendous sacrifices for the safety and wellbeing of all Australians. One of those people who paid the ultimate price in World War I was a younger brother of Muriel Matters named Charles Adams Matters. Charles was born in Port Augusta on 28 October 1885 to John Leonard Matters and Emma Alma Matters (née Warburton). [ 361 more words ] http://murielmatterssociety.com.au//in-remembrance-charle/

14.01.2022 Thanks to everyone who has reserved a place for The Muriel Matters Society Inc.’s Monograph Launch this Saturday (7/11). We are very excited to see such strong interest! It is now fully booked out. For those who have secured a spot just a reminder that, on the day itself, we will not have electronic credit/debit facilities available to us on location. As such, you will need to bring cash to secure your signed copy of the book. Thanks in advance for your cooperation. See you there!

14.01.2022 V.Irene.Cockroft, London, 22 April 2020 Such a desirable doll as Dora, the veteran Votes for Women campaigner preserved in a custom-made glass case, was bound to attract attention when she turned up at an Adelaide auction in March 2020. When, against stiff competition, Dora was acquired by The Muriel Matters Society Inc., one could sense the glass misting from her sigh of satisfaction. [ 1,730 more word ] http://murielmatterssociety.com.au//all-dolled-up-with-so/

13.01.2022 Please RSVP if you haven't already! http://murielmatterssociety.com.au//reminder-mms-agm-16-s/

13.01.2022 The humble commemorative tea towel has had a resurgence in recent times. They make a lovely gift idea anytime of the year (Mother’s Day is coming up!) or for your shoebox of memorabilia... We have the 2020 tea towel in stock to celebrate 10 years since the theatrical performance of the play Why Muriel Matters! at the Adelaide Town Hall. The 2020 version forms part of a collection of balloon themed tea towels dating back to 2012 all locally designed and printed. [ 80 more words ] http://murielmatterssociety.com.au//muriel-tea-towels-a-r/

10.01.2022 The recent pandemic has given many people interested in suffrage history pause to look back at the Spanish Flu of 1918 to 1920 to see how it impacted upon the women’s movement. Even though some places in the world had granted women the right to vote by the time that pandemic hit think of South Australia in 1894 - women in other jurisdictions around the world were not so fortunate. [ 238 more words ] http://murielmatterssociety.com.au//the-spanish-flu-and-t/

09.01.2022 The Muriel Matters Society Inc. has launched its new tea towel! For the occasion The Society got together at the Bridgeway Hotel in Pooraka over tea and coffee a balloon themed cake was served for afternoon tea. The new tea towel celebrates the 10th Anniversary of the performance of The Society’s play ‘Why Muriel Matters’ at the Adelaide Town Hall where Muriel appeared on the same day 100 years ago. [ 31 more words ] http://murielmatterssociety.com.au//the-2020-mms-tea-towe/

08.01.2022 International Women’s Day is a reminder to acknowledge and celebrate the achievements both big and small of women all over the world. The Muriel Matters Society Inc. recently acquired a set of Women’s Freedom League postcards depicting three women who certainly made a difference to the lives of the women around them - Teresa Billington-Greig, Edith How-Martyn, and Muriel Matters. [ 283 more words ] http://murielmatterssociety.com.au//international-womens-/

06.01.2022 Join us for the launch of The Muriel Matters Society Inc.'s Monograph on 7 November. It's called 'Muriel Matters - That Daring Australian Girl' and is written by Dr Collette Snowden. We hope you are as excited as us to see it released!! Click the link for more details about this wonderful event...

03.01.2022 Please put The Society's AGM in your diaries now - all the details are below... All members were also recently sent our latest newsletter (it's also available for download on the home page of the website). Give it a read to keep up to date with all the latest happenings! http://murielmatterssociety.com.au//advance-notice-mms-ag/

03.01.2022 Leon Trotsky was considered, in 1922 at least, to be the second most powerful man in the Soviet Union when he chanced upon the name 'Violet Tillard' in the obituaries of a local newspaper. In a speech delivered in March 1922 he invoked Tillard's ‘humanity and inner nobility’ at a time of profound suffering when a vicious famine was stalking millions of Russians. [ 1,484 more word ] http://murielmatterssociety.com.au//a-standard-to-live-by/