Professor Marilyn Lake believes that many women are against the republic because they see the Queen as a maternal figure and that the gender of the monarch is almost certainly working against the republic. She also said that the presidential nominations process was important for women. “The two thirds majority model is not elitist, quite the opposite. It stands the best chance of political minorities receiving appropriate representation and recognition.” The Australian also reported that thousands of women will vote the republic down this weekend.
Woman for an Australian Republic, Adelaide Ironside, republican poet and artist 1831-1867
Self portrait 1855, Newcastle Art Gallery NSW
