S.A.Register 23 Aug 1889, p5,d

S.A. Women's Suffrage League

A drawingroom meeting of ladies in sympathy with this movement was held on Wednesday afternoon, August 21, at Dorset House, Unley Park, the residence of Mr. Simon Harvey, to organize a branch of the above League. The meeting was well attended. Mrs. Lee, Hon. Secretary, attended on behalf of the Central Committee. the Unley Branch of the S.A.W.S. League was formed, and the following officers elected: — Mrs. Wylie, President; Mrs. C.H. Matters, Hon. VicePresident; Mrs. Haslam, Hon. Treasurer; Mrs. S. Harvey and Mrs. T.J. Matters, joint Hon. Secretaries. Resolved (1) that it is the unanimous opinion of this meeting that every citizen of a free State should be fairly and equally represented in the Councils of the State without regard to sex.; (2) that this branch of the W.S. League pledges itself to agitate for and insist upon the recognition of the above principle till the present unsound democracy is replaced by a true democracy — a government of the people — for the people — by the people. It was arranged that drawingroom meetings should be held monthly.