journalist, autobiographer, novelist, critic, women's rights activist, suffragist, writer, suffragette
1825 – 1910
Catherine Helen Spence was a Scottish-born Australian writer, preacher, and social reformer. Spence began her career as a writer of fiction, and later used her journalism and public speaking to become an influential public figure in the colony of South Australia. By the time of her death, she was widely eulogised as the "Grand Old Woman of Australia". She advocated for a range of causes, including electoral reform, women's suffrage, poverty relief, and girls' education. She was also a regular lay preacher at the Adelaide Unitarian Christian Church.
All Quotes by Catherine Helen Spence
“I had only two offers of marriage in my life, and I refused both.”
— Catherine Helen Spence
“Nothing is insignificant in the history of a young community, and - above all - nothing seems impossible.”