C.I. Professor Kim Rubenstein draws inspiration from the suffragettes from the 1890s in promoting the Monster Climate Change Petition.

Posted on Monday, August 25th, 2014 at 9:59 am.

When Professor Kim Rubenstein, CI for the Trailblazing Women and the Law in Australia Project was approached by the Victorian Women’s Trust to participate in a Monster Climate Change Petition to Parliament, she was immediately reminded of the efforts made by suffragettes in the 1890s who campaigned for the right to vote.

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C.I. Professor Kim Rubenstein draws inspiration from the suffragettes from the 1890s in promoting the Monster Climate Change Petition.