Jessie S. Rooke and Annie Carvosso, Launceston Daily Telegraph — An open letter to the women of Australia (1903)
“ Those elected to represent us in the Federal Parliament, in a measure stand as embodiments of our principles, because we have been helped by our votes to place them in the high positions of power they occupy. Is it not therefore desirable that we choose wisely and well, that we consider seriously the aptitude of present candidates to advance the temperance cause, to restrict gambling, to stem immorality, and to lend their voices and vote in the Federal Parliament to every measure that will safeguard the highest interests of the people? ”
